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    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.

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His speech was a fine sample, on the whole,
Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole."

His speech was a fine sample, on the whole,
Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole."

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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for read more

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

by Buddha Found in: Speech Quotes,
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I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

by Ben Folds Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, read more

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks

by Jean Kerr Found in: Speech Quotes,
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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.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

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Miss not the discourse of the elders.

Miss not the discourse of the elders.

by Bible Found in: Speech Quotes,
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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.]

by Pierre Blanchet Found in: Speech Quotes,
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But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be read more

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

by Bible Found in: Prayer Quotes, Speech Quotes,
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