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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.
For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.
For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
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.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
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.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good
things? for out of the abundance of the read more
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good
things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh.
Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
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.]
