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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.]

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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.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Speech Quotes,
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When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

by Arabian Proverb Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did
their fathers to the false read more

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did
their fathers to the false prophets.

by Bible Found in: Speech Quotes,
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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.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

by Martin Fraquhar Tupper Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read more

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

by Gore Vidal Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to read more

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.

by General Colin Powell Found in: Speech Quotes,
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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.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Speech Quotes,
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