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The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
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.
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.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
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.]
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.
I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.
I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did
their fathers to the false read more
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did
their fathers to the false prophets.