Tacent, satis laudant. They are silent, they praise enough. 'Silence is praise enough' is a line from Terence's Eunuchus, and probably acknowledges that rapt attention in an audience can be more flattering than applause. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3482/
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Tacent, satis laudant. They are silent, they praise enough. 'Silence is praise enough' is a line from Terence's Eunuchus, and probably acknowledges that rapt attention in an audience can be more flattering than applause.