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An example of success due to silence.
Johncalvin coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, wanted to play a joke on Coolidge, so he went up to him at an open welcome party and boasted, "I just bet with others that I can tell you more than three words." Coolidge looked at the congressman without saying a word, and then said, "You lost." Seeing this, maybe you can't help smiling. Can you imagine Coolidge saying "you lost" to the senator and then being silent?

British playwright George Bernard Shaw hit the nail on the head: "It is increasingly difficult for us to see people who really have something to say before opening their mouths." We live in an era in which language cannot convey the meaning as the main discourse feature. People pour out everything, talk endlessly, talk without content, and it's a mess. Let's go back to Coolidge's story. When he was a member of parliament, a member of parliament asked him for advice. They have the same position, and there are many visitors and people who want something every day. Therefore, members rarely leave the office before 9 pm, while Coolidge can always get off work around 5 pm. Another member asked him how he did it, and Coolidge said, "Don't talk." In fact, when you learn to be silent, you can be free from external influences. Silence is calm and enlightening. Thomas Kempis said: "Silence on the lips is the most favorable guarantee of inner peace." Silence can strengthen our souls, which can be seen from the regulations of the Pythagorean order in ancient Greece: young people who are new to the order must pass a long trial of silence before entering the order, and those who fail this test will not be accepted by the order. Words about silence are silver, but silence is gold.

Clare

He who can keep silent even at the right time is closest to God.

anonymous

Silence is sometimes the harshest criticism.

-burston

I am convinced that those who seek truth from facts and do not talk empty words must have nothing to say.

Edison

If you really want to keep a secret, you don't need help

—— o.a。

Although the waves of words are always noisy above our heads, our depths are always silent.

Gibran

Silence is the most difficult argument to refute.

—— J.B

Cold softness is harder than anything.

-Juan Montaro