Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent.

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.

At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason and Right

When you have something to say, silence is a lie.

When you have something to say, silence is a lie — and tyranny feeds on lies.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

Truth can remain silent. Lies must be spoken.

There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable.

So which is the lie? Hard or soft? Silence or time?

To lie is to intentionally mislead others when they expect honest communication.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression
by saying something,
and sometimes one creates
as significant an impression
by remaining silent.

<em>Sometimes people need to lie to themselves most of all.</em>

To be silent is not to lose your tongue. On the contrary, it is only through silence that one can discover something new to talk about. One who talked incessantly, without stopping to look and listen, would repeat himself ad nauseam.