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Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have read more
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up 
anger.  
 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up 
anger. 
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. 
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
 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.