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 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. 
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
 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. 
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.
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, read more
Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks
 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good 
things? for out of the abundance of the read more 
 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good 
things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth 
speaketh. 
According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does read more
According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.
 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up 
anger.  
 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up 
anger.