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Speech is silver, silence is golden
Proverb extolling the value of silence over speech / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Silence Is Golden.
"Speech is silver, silence is golden" is a proverb extolling the value of silence over speech. Its modern form most likely originated in Arabic culture, where it was used as early as the 9th century.
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