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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.
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.]
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.
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.
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.
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
Though I say't that should not say't.
Though I say't that should not say't.
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.
Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to read more
Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.
