A Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Ashamed Being Difficult Most Silent Speak

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French - Writer
September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680

In nature the most violent passions are silent; in tragedy they must speak and speak with dignity too.

Lord Chesterfield

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

Edmund Burke

There has come a time when we can no longer remain silent but must speak up for our country which is being sold, abused, mined, depleted, drained, overworked, over-loved, its plants and animals becoming endangered and exterminated faster than we can renew them. Our country is silent, so we must speak and act to save it.

Di Morrissey

I felt ashamed." "But of what? Psyche, they hadn't stripped you naked or anything?" "No, no, Maia. Ashamed of looking like a mortal -- of being a mortal." "But how could you help that?" "Don't you think the things people are most ashamed of are things they can't help?

C. S. Lewis

Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked. If a dictatorship ever comes to this country, it will be by the fault of those who keep silent. We are still free enough to speak. Do we have time? No one can tell.

Ayn Rand

I'm not ashamed of being successful. You know, they criticized Romney for being ashamed of it. I think we've got to inspire our kids that we shouldn't be ashamed to be successful.

John Catsimatidis

If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should be silent, we again miss the mark.

Richard J. Foster

He that is ashamed to speak the truth has need to be ashamed of himself.

Charles Spurgeon

I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I love the silent era because you can see the rules being written, the grammar of film being created. Most of my films are in some way love letters to the silent era.

Dave McKean

Sometimes you have to be less ashamed about writing a bad poem than you would be about being silent.

Robert Hass

It is difficult sharing and capturing so many years of memories and the people behind the words-and even though that guest book can speak volumes, in between, the pages remain so silent.

Eugenie Anderson

Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.

Saint Ignatius

I think it's awfully difficult on the most important issues of the day... to remain silent, particularly when you've won a statewide election.

Michael Capuano

Of course it's difficult to top a box office success like Emmanuelle, so it will always be my most important work. But that's nothing to be ashamed of.