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Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of 
speech:
 And not as Moses, which read more 
 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of 
speech:
 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the 
children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that 
which is abolished:
  But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the 
same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which 
vail is done away in Christ. 
 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. 
 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did 
their fathers to the false read more 
 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did 
their fathers to the false prophets. 
 That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
 [Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade read more 
 That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
 [Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et rebutant.] 
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
 For brevity is very good,
 Where we are, or are not understood.  
 For brevity is very good,
 Where we are, or are not understood. 
 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good 
things? for out of the abundance of the read more 
 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good 
things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth 
speaketh. 
 To return to the subject. (Literally, "to our mutton.")
 [Fr., Revenons a nos moutons.]  
 To return to the subject. (Literally, "to our mutton.")
 [Fr., Revenons a nos moutons.]