Speechlessness that speaks louder than speech. “Often there is eloquence in a silent look,” wrote the Roman poet Ovid in his Artis Amatoriae (The Art of Love), a three-volume how-to text for lovers (c. 1 B.C.).
Cicero, Tasso, and La Rochefoucauld were among the many who echoed the
sentiment, although not all in the service of love. In English, the playwright
William Congreve said (Old Batchelour, 1693, 2:9), “Even silence may be elo-
quent in love.” It was already a cliché by the time Thomas Carlyle (On Heroes
and Hero-Worship, 1840) wrote, “Silence is more eloquent than words.” A
newer synonym, dating from the second half of the 1900s and rapidly becom-
ing a cliché, is deafening silence. It is used especially to refer to a refusal to reply
or to make a comment. The Times had it on Aug. 28, 1985: “Conservative and
Labour MPS [Members of Parliament] have complained of a ‘deafening silence’
over the affair.” See also ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
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