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His speech was a fine sample, on the whole,
Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole."
His speech was a fine sample, on the whole,
Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole."
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.]
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.
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
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.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be read more
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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.
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...