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They only employ words to disguise their thoughts. - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire) When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, this is Metaphysics. [Fr., Quand celui a qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la metaphysique.] - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire) Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. [Fr., Ils ne se servent de la pensee que pour autoriser leurs injustices, et emploient les paroles que pour deguiser leurs pensees.] - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire), Dialogue XIV--Le Chapon et al Poularde We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved. [Fr., Il faut distinguer entre parler pour tromper et se taire pour etre impenetrable.] - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire), Essai sur les Moeurs (ch. CLXIII) The speech of the tongue is best known to men; God best understands the language of the heart. - Arthur Warwick Nobody has a right to speak more clearly than he thinks. - Alfred North Whitehead Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. - Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde) One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is. - Ludwig Wittgenstein Choice word and measured phrase, above the reach Of ordinary men. - William Wordsworth, Resolution and Independence (st. 14) Where nature's end of language is declined, And men talk only to conceal the mind. - Edward Young, Love of Fame (satire II, l. 207) Displaying page 8 of 8 for this topic: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [8]
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