Book xvi
. Chap. i._
As the Swiss inscription says: _Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden_,--"Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
_Sartor Resartus.
Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to; Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
. Chap. i._
As the Swiss inscription says: _Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden_,--"Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
_Sartor Resartus.