{"quotes":[{"text":"The post on her left was occupied by Mr. Erskine of Treadley, an old gentleman of considerable charm and culture, who had fallen, however, into bad habits of silence, having, as he explained once to Lady Agatha, said everything that he had to say before he was thirty.","author":"Oscar Wilde","tags":["humor","reticence","silence"],"id":6104,"author_id":"Oscar+Wilde"},{"text":"There should be a little gap between you and your friends, though you'll miss their companionship and you'll also miss their disrespect.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["alone","apart","breathing-space","companionship","disrespect","distance","escape","friends","gap","i-miss-you","intermission","interval","isolation","missing","missing-someone","remote","remoteness","reticence"],"id":12807,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French.","author":"Sara Sheridan","tags":["france","french","mirabellebevan","paris","reticence","sara-sheridan"],"id":61232,"author_id":"Sara+Sheridan"},{"text":"Oh, tell me, who first declared, who first proclaimed that man only does nasty things because he does not know his own real interests; and that if he were enlightened, if his eyes were opened to his real normal interests, man would at once cease to do nasty things, would at once become good and noble because, being enlightened and understanding his real advantage, he would see his own advantage in the good and nothing else… . Oh, the babe! Oh, the pure, innocent child!","author":"Fyodor Dostoyevsky","tags":["degeneration","innocence","liberation","privacy","reticence","self-interest","shame"],"id":150712,"author_id":"Fyodor+Dostoyevsky"},{"text":"It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.","author":"Honoré de Balzac","tags":["gossip","psychology","remaining-silent","reticence","silence"],"id":161938,"author_id":"Honor%C3%A9+de+Balzac"},{"text":"Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.","author":"Orson Scott Card","tags":["remaining-silent","restraint","reticence","words"],"id":163647,"author_id":"Orson+Scott+Card"},{"text":"Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["aggravating","annoy","annoying","aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","aplomb","assertive","assertiveness","assured","at-ease","bashful","bashfulness","boldness","bothersome","can-do","confident","coolheaded","courage","coyness","cursed","demureness","diffidence","diffident","embarrassed","embarrassment","exasperating","extrovert","extroverted","farouche","funny","galling","girl","girls","hilarious","humor","humorous","humour","imperturbable","infuriating","inhibited","insecure","introversion","introvert","introverted","irksome","irritate","irritating","irritation","joke","jokes","lack-of-confidence","levelheaded","maddening","man","men","mettle","mousiness","mousy","nerve","nervous","nettlesome","obnoxious","pesky","phlegm","phlegmatic","poise","poised","positive","quotations","quotes","repressed","reserve","reserved","reservedness","reticence","reticent","retiring","satire","self-assurance","self-assured","self-confidence","self-confident","self-conscious","self-consciousness","self-effacing","self-possessed","self-possession","self-reliant","sheepish","sheepishness","shy","shyness","timid","timidity","timidness","timorous","timorousness","tiresome","together","troublesome","trying","unconfident","unperturbed","unruffled","vexatious","vexing","withdrawn"],"id":173966,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.","author":"Mark Twain","tags":["animals","cats","dogs","grace","reticence"],"id":182494,"author_id":"Mark+Twain"},{"text":"You know you're about as forthcoming as a mime.","author":"Shirley Jump","tags":["conversation","humor","metaphor","mimes","reticence"],"id":187027,"author_id":"Shirley+Jump"},{"text":"Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.","author":"Brian Tracy","tags":["be-yourself","life","remaining-silent","reticence","wisdom"],"id":187292,"author_id":"Brian+Tracy"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}