Silence
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No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
For too long, our society has shrugged off bullying by labeling it a 'rite of passage' and by asking students to simply 'get over it'. Those attitudes need to change. Every day, students are bullied into silence and are afraid to speak up. Let's break this silence and end school bullying.
Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter.