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It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove read more
It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.
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.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
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].
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
