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Miss not the discourse of the elders.
Miss not the discourse of the elders.
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.]
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
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
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.
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
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.
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read more
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
