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			 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye 
may know how ye ought to answer read more 
	 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye 
may know how ye ought to answer every man. 
		
 
	
			 Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; 
care not for the reward of read more 
	 Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; 
care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with 
undivided mind for the truth of your speaking. 
		
 
	
			 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. 
		
 
	
			 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.] 
		
 
	
			 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. 
		
 
	
			 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. 
		
 
	
			 Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...  
	 Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow... 
		
 
	
			 Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.  
	 Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language. 
		
 
	
			 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.