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A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger.
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger.
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.
Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of
downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and read more
Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of
downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and
reluctance to speak murder the finest and most elegant thoughts
and render the most lively conceptions flat and heavy.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of
unclean lips, and read more
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of
unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean
lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
Though I say't that should not say't.
Though I say't that should not say't.
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your
flesh: for as ye have yielded read more
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your
flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to
uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your
members servants to righteousness unto holiness.