“ When one thinks what one leaves in the world when one dies, Only silence is strong,--all the rest is but lies. ”
Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1906). copy citation
| Author | Henry Adams |
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| Source | The Education of Henry Adams |
| Topic | silence lie |
| Date | 1906 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2044/2044-h/2044-h.htm |
Context
“Algernon Swinburne called it the most noble to the end. Alfred de Vigny's dying wolf remarked:--
"A voir ce que l'on fut sur terre et ce qu'on laisse,
Seul le silence est grand; tout le reste est faiblesse." "When one thinks what one leaves in the world when one dies,
Only silence is strong,--all the rest is but lies."
Even Byron, whom a more brilliant era of genius seemed to have decided to be but an indifferent poet, had ventured to affirm that--
"The Alp's snow summit nearer heaven is seen
Than the volcano's fierce eruptive crest;"”
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