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 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: 
for they think that they shall be read more 
 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: 
for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 
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
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.
 He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than 
discover the sense of his heart deserves read more 
 He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than 
discover the sense of his heart deserves to have it pulled out 
like a traitor's and shown publicly to the rabble. 
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.
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.
 To return to the subject. (Literally, "to our mutton.")
 [Fr., Revenons a nos moutons.]  
 To return to the subject. (Literally, "to our mutton.")
 [Fr., Revenons a nos moutons.] 
Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong
Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong