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No, pray thee, let it serve for table-talk;
Then howsome'er thou speak'st, 'mong other things
I shall read more
No, pray thee, let it serve for table-talk;
Then howsome'er thou speak'st, 'mong other things
I shall digest it.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
He who talks much cannot always talk well.
[It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]
He who talks much cannot always talk well.
[It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
With vollies of eternal babble.
With vollies of eternal babble.
His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped read more
His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped from politics to puns;
It passed from Mahomet to Moses;
Beginning with the laws that keep
The planets in the radiant courses,
And ending with some precept deep
For dressing eels or shoeing horses.
