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TALKING IS SILVER, BUT SILENCE IS GOLD.
REDEN IST SILBER
SCHWEIGEN IST GOLD. {GERMAN}
Submitter comment:
(LIKE ENGLISH SAYING, "SAYING IS GOLDEN." ) {????}
INFORMANT HEARD THIS AS A YOUNG PERSON IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-29-1967