Silence

Silence has traditionally been ignored except for its boundary-marking functions, delimiting the beginning and the end of utterances. The tradition has been to define it negatively - as merely the absence of speech. (Saville-Troike 1985:3)

Finnish proverbs and sayings on silence

Listen a lot, speak little
One word is enough to make a lot of trouble
One mouth, two ears
A barking dog does not catch a hare
A fool speaks a lot, a wise man thinks instead
Brevity makes a good psalm
One word is as good as nine

(cited in Lehtonen and Sajavaara 1985: 193)

In Warcraft III: Frozen Throne, Silence is a spell cast and owned by the dark ranger hero. This spell stops all enemies in a target area from casting spells.