Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. ✨ 'Critical …

Thomas Carlyle
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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. ✨ 'Critical and Miscellaneous Essays' (1838) 'Sir Walter Scott'.
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