silence is golden

Etymology
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Proverb

 * 1) Peace and quiet have great value.
 * 2) Often the best choice is to say nothing.
 * 1) Often the best choice is to say nothing.

Related terms

 * speech is silver, silence is golden

Translations

 * Arabic: اَلسُّكُوتُ مِن ذَهَبٍ
 * Bulgarian: мълча́нието е зла́то
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: mlčeti zlato
 * Danish: tale er sølv, tavshed er guld
 * Finnish: vaikeneminen on kultaa
 * French: le silence est d'or
 * German: Schweigen ist Gold
 * Greek: η σιωπή είναι χρυσός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: þögn er gulls ígildi, enginn er allheimskur ef þegja má
 * Indonesian: diam itu emas
 * Italian: il silenzio è d'oro
 * Japanese: 沈黙は金雄弁は銀,
 * Latin: silentium est aurum
 * Macedonian: молчењето е злато
 * Polish: milczenie jest złotem
 * Portuguese: o silêncio é ouro
 * Russian: сло́во — серебро́, молча́ние — зо́лото, молча́ние — зо́лото
 * Scottish Gaelic: 's fhearr a bhith sàmhach na droch dhan a ghabhail, cha déid cuileag am beul dùinte, am fear a ghléidheas a theangaidh, ghléidhidh e a charaid
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ћутање је злато
 * Roman: ćutanje je zlato
 * Spanish: el silencio es oro, por la boca muere el pez
 * Swedish: tiga är guld
 * Vietnamese: im lặng là vàng