speech is silver, silence is golden

English

Alternative forms

Proverb

speech is silver, silence is golden

Not to say anything is often better than speaking too much or saying something inappropriate.

Related terms

silver tongue
golden silence

Translations

proverb

Czech: mluviti stříbro, mlčeti zlato
Danish: tale er sølv, tavshed er guld
Finnish: puhuminen on hopeaa, vaikeneminen kultaa
French: la parole est d’argent, le silence est d’or (fr)
Georgian: ბრძნულად საუბარი ვერცხლია, ხოლო დუმილი ოქრო (brʒnulad saubari vercxlia, xolo dumili okro)
German: Reden ist Silber, Schweigen ist Gold (de)

Italian: la parola è d'argento, il silenzio è d'oro
Polish: mowa jest srebrem, a milczenie złotem (pl)
Russian: сло́во — серебро́, молча́ние — зо́лото (slóvo — serebró, molčánije — zóloto)
Slovak: hovoriť striebro, mlčať zlato
Swedish: tala är silver, tiga är guld
Thai: พูดไปสองไพเบี้ย นิ่งเสียตำลึงทอง (th) (pûut-bpai-sɔ̌ɔng-pai-bîia-nîng-sǐia-dtam-lʉng-tɔɔng)

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