Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“All that we can save in noise we gain in power.”
- Source
- The Simple Life
- Date
- 1901
- English wording
- Mary Louise Hendee — Translator · from French
Meaning of “All that we can save in noise we…”
Reducing verbal noise is framed as conservation of attention: less unnecessary expression can leave more force for what genuinely needs to be said or done.
Where does it come from?
The Simple Life, Chapter IV, “Simplicity of Speech,” Mary Louise Hendee translation, Project Gutenberg #23092; the sentence develops Wagner’s argument for cultivated silence.
