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Calumnies are answered best with silence.

Calumnies are answered best with silence.

Ben Jonson
Silence, Advice, Calumny
'Volpone' (1605) act 2, sc. 2

Silence in woman is like speech in man.

Ben Jonson
Men, Silence, Speech
Ben Jonson (2014). “Epicoene or The Silent Woman”, p.45, A&C Black

Your highest female grace is silence.

Ben Jonson
Silence, Grace, Female
Ben Jonson (1756). “The Works of Ben. Jonson: Poetaster; or, His arraignm[e]nt. Sejanus his fall. Volpone; or, The fox. Epicoene; or, The silent woman”, p.337

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