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    Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak
    agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good
    words or in good order.

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The heart seldom feels what the mouth expresses.
[Fr., Le coeur sent rarement ce que la bouche exprime.]

The heart seldom feels what the mouth expresses.
[Fr., Le coeur sent rarement ce que la bouche exprime.]

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According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does read more

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.

I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Speech Quotes,
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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.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Speech Quotes,
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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.

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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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