I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to read more

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it

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.

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

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.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

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.]