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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.]
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.]
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye
may know how ye ought to answer read more
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye
may know how ye ought to answer every man.
For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.
For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.