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A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger.
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger.
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.
To return to the subject. (Literally, "to our mutton.")
[Fr., Revenons a nos moutons.]
To return to the subject. (Literally, "to our mutton.")
[Fr., Revenons a nos moutons.]
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did
their fathers to the false read more
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did
their fathers to the false prophets.
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."
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought read more
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves read more
He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves to have it pulled out
like a traitor's and shown publicly to the rabble.
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.
