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 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. 
 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of 
speech:
 And not as Moses, which read more 
 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of 
speech:
 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the 
children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that 
which is abolished:
  But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the 
same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which 
vail is done away in Christ. 
Miss not the discourse of the elders.
Miss not the discourse of the elders.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
 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. 
 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.] 
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
 For brevity is very good,
 Where we are, or are not understood.  
 For brevity is very good,
 Where we are, or are not understood. 
 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.