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The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many read more
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. [Ecclesiasticus 28:17 --18].
That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.
That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
I don't care what they call me as long as they mention my name.
I don't care what they call me as long as they mention my name.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other read more
It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney?
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends read more
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
