No News is Good News - this now seems like an odd saying. The original phrase came from King James I in 1616 who wrote “No news is better than evil news.”
It says that this is commonly used when waiting for results - medical, job interviews, updates from family - to keep hope, suggesting that silence indicates normalcy. The assumption is that reports are only made when something goes wrong.
Silence has many possible scenarios. This is what makes me think that this is a poorly thought out saying. It is listed as a proverb. That’s supposed to be a short saying that shares a common truth or some sort of advice. Take the proverb “A picture is worth a thousand words.” That has a more solid foundation. Perhaps “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” - that’s a good one.
We’re just one day before Spring and our proverb for this moment? “The early bird catches the worm.”
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