#remaining

Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence. ↗

— Richard Yates

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#silence #improvement

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide. ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

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#psychology #remaining-silent #reticence #silence #gossip

Feverishly we cleared away the remaining last scraps of rubbish on the floor of the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us. ↗

— Howard Carter

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#before #clean #cleared #doorway #floor