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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.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Though I say't that should not say't.
Though I say't that should not say't.
It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.
It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.
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.
For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.
For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
