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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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Though I say't that should not say't.

Though I say't that should not say't.

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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.]

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Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free
speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. read more

Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free
speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is
the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational
fears.

by Louis D. Brandeis Found in: Speech Quotes,
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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.

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And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.

And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Speech Quotes,
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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.

by Arabian Proverb Found in: Speech Quotes,
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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.

by Bible Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have read more

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

by Robert Frost 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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