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 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. 
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have read more
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
 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. 
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.
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.
 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.] 
 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.