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Carlyle refers to this theme elsewhere, one example being: As the Swiss Inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden (Speech is silvern, Silence is golden); or as I might express it: Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
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QUOTATION: As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden, Speech is silvern, Silence is golden; or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
Quotations 1919
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As the Swiss inscription says: _Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden_, -- "Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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42As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden, Speech is silvern, Silence is golden; or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
Quotations 1919
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6007As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden, Speech is silvern, Silence is golden; or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
Quotations 1919
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As the Swiss Inscription says: _Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden_ (Speech is silvern,
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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