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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. - Unattributed Author, in "The Tatler", no. 252 No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. - Henry Brooks Adams No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean. - Henry Brooks Adams I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a thousand pounds. - Joseph Addison, to a lady who complained of his having talked little in company, see "Boswell's Life of Johnson" Let him be sure to leave men their turn to speak. - Francis Bacon And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak. - Francis Bacon, Essays--Civil and Moral--Of Discourse (no. 32) Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order. - Francis Bacon, Essays--Of Discourse Speak gently! 'tis a little thing Dropped in the heart's deep well: The good, the joy, that it may bring Eternity shall tell. - David Bates, Speak Gently, often wrongfully attributed to G.W. Langford You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. - Charles Austin Beard Though I say't that should not say't. - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Wit at Several Weapons (act II, sc. 2) Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil. - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Wit Without Money (act IV, sc. 4) Hear much; speak little. - Bias of Priene Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. - Bible, Colossians (ch. IV, v. 6) Miss not the discourse of the elders. - Bible, Ecclesiasticus (Apocrypha) (ch. VII, v. 9) 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. - Bible, II Corinthians (ch. III, v. 12) But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. - Bible, II Corinthians (ch. XI, v. 6) Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. - Bible, Isaiah (ch. VI, v. 5) Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. - Bible, Luke (ch. VI, v. 26) But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. - Bible, Matthew (ch. VI, v. 7) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. - Bible, Matthew (ch. XII, v. 34) A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. - Bible, Proverbs (ch. XV, v. 1) I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. - Bible, Romans (ch. VI, v. 19) To return to the subject. (Literally, "to our mutton.") [Fr., Revenons a nos moutons.] - Pierre Blanchet, Pierre Pathelin (III, 2) That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious. [Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et rebutant.] - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, L'Art Poetique (I, 61) Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace. - Book of Common Prayer Solemnization of Matrimony Displaying page 1 of 8 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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