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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
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.
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.]
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel
That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
[Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade read more
That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
[Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et rebutant.]
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."
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.
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for read more
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.