Speech is silver, silence is golden

Summary

Speech is silver, silence is golden is a proverb^[1]. It draws 85 Wikipedia views per month (proverb category, ranking #19 of 28).^[2]

Key Facts

• Speech is silver, silence is golden's image is recorded as Sartor resartus; and, On heroes, hero-worship and the heroic in history.djvu^[3].
• Speech is silver, silence is golden's instance of is recorded as proverb^[4].
• Speech is silver, silence is golden's main subject is recorded as keeping silent^[5].
• Speech is silver, silence is golden's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11qmy7zfc9^[6].
• Speech is silver, silence is golden's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 沈黙は金^[7].

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Designation and Status

Speech is silver, silence is golden's instance of is recorded as proverb^[4].

Why It Matters

Speech is silver, silence is golden draws 85 Wikipedia views per month (proverb category, ranking #19 of 28).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[8]