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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].
The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.
The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.
If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.
If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
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.
A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.
A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.
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.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.
Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.