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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].
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.
What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
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.
Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.
Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
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.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
