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"I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter."

"Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing."

"There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows. Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest perio..."

"The post on her left was occupied by Mr. Erskine of Treadley, an old gentleman of considerable charm and culture, who had fallen, however, into bad habits of silence, having, as he explained once to L..."

"Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken."

"Oh, tell me, who first declared, who first proclaimed that man only does nasty things because he does not know his own real interests; and that if he were enlightened, if his eyes were opened to his r..."

"You know you're about as forthcoming as a mime."

"Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French."