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Miss not the discourse of the elders.
Miss not the discourse of the elders.
Though I say't that should not say't.
Though I say't that should not say't.
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.
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.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have
been throughly made manifest among read more
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have
been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
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.]