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The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
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.
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."
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
Miss not the discourse of the elders.
Miss not the discourse of the elders.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have
been throughly made manifest among read more
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have
been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
