Quote#Speech
Silence gives consent
Quote byOliver Goldsmith · 1728–1774
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Good-Natur'd Man (1768), Act II..
English (original)
Silence gives consent.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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