"silence is golden" meaning in All languages combined

See silence is golden on Wiktionary

Proverb [英語]

Etymology: 仿譯自拉丁語 silentium est aurum。
  1. 沉默是金:
    保持沉默是一種美德。
    Sense id: zh-silence_is_golden-en-proverb-rxTH~dH4
  2. 沉默是金:
    保持沉默通常是最好的選擇。
    Sense id: zh-silence_is_golden-en-proverb-IV49TW8I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: speech is silver, silence is golden

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          "ref": "1877, Charles Reade, The Woman Hater, ch. 21:",
          "text": "\"I adore good music, I hate bad, and I despise mediocre. Silence is golden, indeed, compared with poor music.\""
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