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It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove read more
It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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.
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].
You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.
You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.
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.
Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, and hast not yet the use of tongue, make it thy slave, while thou read more
Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, and hast not yet the use of tongue, make it thy slave, while thou art free; Imprison it, lest it do thee.