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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.
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye
may know how ye ought to answer read more
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye
may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.
It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.
The heart seldom feels what the mouth expresses.
[Fr., Le coeur sent rarement ce que la bouche exprime.]
The heart seldom feels what the mouth expresses.
[Fr., Le coeur sent rarement ce que la bouche exprime.]
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be read more
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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.
For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.
For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.