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The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other read more
It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney?
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends read more
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.
The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many read more
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. [Ecclesiasticus 28:17 --18].
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
