Top Reticence Quotes

Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

Reticence Definition

(n.) The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness.

(n.) A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.

There should be a little gap between you and your friends, though you'll miss their companionship and you'll also miss their disrespect.

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.

Keep your problems to yourself, if its too much for you, kill it slowly till it disappears from your life.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

I don't think... then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.

If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.

I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad.

Oh, tell me, who first declared, who first proclaimed that man only does nasty things because he does not know his own real interests; and that if he were enlightened, if his eyes were opened to his r...

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.