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In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.

In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Talk Quotes,
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No, pray thee, let it serve for table-talk;
Then howsome'er thou speak'st, 'mong other things
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No, pray thee, let it serve for table-talk;
Then howsome'er thou speak'st, 'mong other things
I shall digest it.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Talk Quotes,
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What cracker is this same that deafs our ears
With this abundance of superfluous breath?

What cracker is this same that deafs our ears
With this abundance of superfluous breath?

by William Shakespeare Found in: Talk Quotes,
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They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.

They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.

by Matthew Prior Found in: Talk Quotes,
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Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meet
To spin your wordy fabric in the street;
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Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meet
To spin your wordy fabric in the street;
While you are emptying your colloquial pack,
The fiend Lumbago jumps upon his back.

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His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped read more

His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped from politics to puns;
It passed from Mahomet to Moses;
Beginning with the laws that keep
The planets in the radiant courses,
And ending with some precept deep
For dressing eels or shoeing horses.

by Winthrop Mackworth Praed Found in: Talk Quotes,
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Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.

Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.

by Colley Cibber Found in: Talk Quotes,
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It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!

It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!

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Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse,
But talking is not always to converse,
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Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse,
But talking is not always to converse,
Not more distinct from harmony divine
The constant creaking of a country sign.

by William Cowper Found in: Talk Quotes,
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