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Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good
things? for out of the abundance of the read more
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good
things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh.
He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves read more
He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves to have it pulled out
like a traitor's and shown publicly to the rabble.
And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.
And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.
Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong
Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of
unclean lips, and read more
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of
unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean
lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read more
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.