Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.
-- Thomas Carlyle
Rank it!
Our proposals:
Top ranked:
| Quote | Autor | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake. | Persian Proverb | 4.0 |
| USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every... | David Letterman | 3.3 |
| Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity... | Orison Swett Marden | 3.3 |
Recently ranked:
| Quote | Autor | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was. | Margaret Mitchell | 2.7 |
| Use harms and even destroys beauty. The noblest function of an object is to... | Miguel de Unamuno | 3.0 |
| Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake. | Persian Proverb | 4.0 |
Picked randomly:
| Quote | Autor | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Under every stone lurks a politician. | Aristophanes | 3 |
| Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as... | H. L. Mencken | 2 |
| Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as... | John Ashcroft | 3 |
Commonly ranked:
| Quote | Autor | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just... | Henry David Thoreau | 2.9 |
| Ugly. Is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then... | Margaret Cho | 2.8 |
| Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. | John Kenneth Galbraith | 3.0 |