The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.

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.

Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.

Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.

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.

Though I say't that should not say't.

Though I say't that should not say't.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger.

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of
speech:
And not as Moses, which read more

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of
speech:
And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the
children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that
which is abolished:
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the
same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which
vail is done away in Christ.

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

Miss not the discourse of the elders.

Miss not the discourse of the elders.