silence is golden
English
Etymology
Calque of Latin silentium est aureum (“silence is golden”).
Proverb
- Peace and quiet have great value.
- 1877, Charles Reade, chapter 21, in A Woman-Hater:
- "[I] adore good music, I hate bad, and I despise mediocre. Silence is golden, indeed, compared with poor music."
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- Often the best choice is to say nothing.
- 1897, Horatio Alger, chapter 2, in Walter Sherwood's Probation:
- But I have spoken long enough. There are times when silence is golden, and one of those times is at hand.
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