Samuel Johnson Quotes About Silence

• You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.

  Samuel Johnson

  Silence, Silence Is, Knows

• Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence.

  Samuel Johnson

  Writing, Silence, Abuse

  Samuel Johnson (1840). “The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...”, p.51

• I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and I like their silence.

  Samuel Johnson

  Beauty, Silence, Delicacy

  Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc”, p.405

• To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.

  Samuel Johnson

  Friendship, Wise, Silence

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.106

• The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.

  Samuel Johnson

  Punishment, Silence

  Samuel Johnson (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.”, p.499

• Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.

  Samuel Johnson

  Silence, Difficult, Has Beens

  Samuel Johnson (1997). “The Sayings of Doctor Johnson”, p.10, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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