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Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying! - William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice at IV, i) My lord shall never rest; I'll watch him tame and talk him out of patience; His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift; I'll intermingle everything he does With Cassio's suit. - William Shakespeare, Othello the Moor of Venice (Desdemona at III, iii) A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month. - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (Romeo at II, iv) What cracker is this same that deafs our ears With this abundance of superfluous breath? - William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John (Austria at II, i) If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father. - William Shakespeare, The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Sandys at I, iv) The red wine first must rise In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em Talk us to silence. - William Shakespeare, The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Sandys at I, iv) No, pray thee, let it serve for table-talk; Then howsome'er thou speak'st, 'mong other things I shall digest it. - William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (Lorenzo at III, v) BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK Tut, tut, my lord! we will not stand to prate; Talkers are no good doers. Be assured: We go to use our hands, and not our tongues. - William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Third (First Murderer at I, iii) She sits tormenting every guest, Nor gives her tongue one moment's rest, In phrases batter'd, stale, and trite, Which modern ladies call polite. - Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same as saying that women talk about their feelings in order to avoid talking about baseball. - Deborah Tannen Good talkers are only found in Paris. - Francois Villon, Des Femmes de Paris (II) The secret of being tiresome is in telling everything. [Fr., Le secret d'ennuyer est celui de tout dire.] - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire), Discours Preliminaire Little said is soonest mended. - George Wither (Whyther or Withers), The Shepherd's Hunting Talk politics, talk about study and talk positively. - Jiang Zemin Displaying page 2 of 2 for this topic: << Prev 1 [2]
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