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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have
been throughly made manifest among read more
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have
been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.
I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.
Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to read more
Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel
For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.
For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.
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.
His speech was a fine sample, on the whole,
Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole."
His speech was a fine sample, on the whole,
Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole."
