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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.]
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.
He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves read more
He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves to have it pulled out
like a traitor's and shown publicly to the rabble.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
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.]
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.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
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.
