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HUW MCKAY Know or listen to those who know.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know.
TURKISH PROVERB I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will ...
DR. ALBERT SCHWEITZER To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth...
AESCHYLUS Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk.
LARRY SPEAKES Surround yourself with people who listen to you like you listen to them and won't take it lightly, t...
LAURA E. BRUSSEAU What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely tr...
WILLIAM J. H. BOETCKER Hold onto who loves and honor you.
Not everyone will know how to.
Some souls don't even kn...
LALAH DELIA If you want to understand your parents more, get them to talk about their own childhood; and if you ...
LOUISE L. HAY Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk.
LARRY SPEAKES You have more to fear from those who think they know you,Than from those who know they dont.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. We saw a tremendous outpouring of goodwill in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but we also know t...
GREG ABBOTT You know how to conquer, Hannibal, but not how to profit by your victory.
MACHERBAL You taught me language, and my profit on't / Is, I know how to curse
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Parents are those who only can listen to your heart when your heart really need to talk ...And they ...
PUSPANJALI KAR I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be re...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be re...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER A man who doesn’t know how to hold his tongue doesn’t know how to talk.
VIKRANT PARSAI I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will b...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER Geographically, they're often separated from their friends, they don't hang out with kids in the nei...
CATHERINE BUTLER I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER How do you deal with a criminal that will not listen to what you have to say and who continues his p...
OLIVER TAMBO Those who listen with their hearts will begin to see patterns everywhere.
GRACE-NAOMI When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something.
JARED SPARKS Talk to people about themselves, talk to people about themselcs and they will listen for hours
BENJAMIN DISRAELI If you get people talking about themselves, and really listen, they will feel that they know you bet...
TERENCE T. GORSKI Know how to spend your time, and you will live twice. Even more.
OUSSAMA HEDHLI How do you know you've found your best friend. When you are ready to talk to them about anything, ev...
OMAR ASHRAF EZZELDIN There's none so blind as those who will not listen.
NEIL GAIMAN The earth has its music for those who will listen
REGINALD VINCENT HOLMES Never shy away from telling those you love
how you feel about them.You will never know
i...
AHMAD ARDALAN Kids who want to become writers might want to start carrying a small notebook in their backpack. I e...
ANN TURNER Likewise, there is no evidence that texting teaches people to spell badly: rather, research shows th...
DAVID CRYSTAL If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her l...
SAM LEVENSON You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who c...
MIRIAM MAKEBA If you talk to the animals they will talk with you
and you will know each other. If you do not ...
DAN GEORGE I'll talk. You'll listen.
BRUCE NAUMAN No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE Do you know how sometimes - when you are riding your bike and you start skidding across sand, or whe...
JODI PICOULT Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to u...
TERENCE One day the world will be so badly wounded that those who try to repair it will only be called "clos...
DANIELLE VALENILLA Those who meet the True Guru implant devotional worship to the Lord, and listen to this devotional w...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB You are young. So you know everything. You leap into the boat and begin rowing. But, listen to me. W...
MARY OLIVER You do learn how to cope from those who are coping.
MATTHEW DESMOND I will feel no guilt on shutting my door to those who didn't listen.
STEFAN MOLYNEUX Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
MARGARET HALSEY Your ears love to hear, so speak to it
SOTONYE ANGA Those who want to hear from you will let you hear from them.
WILL FERGUSON Those who want to hear from you will let you hear from them.
TREVON CLARK Those who want to hear from you will let you hear from them.
JASON SMITH Those who want to hear from you will let you hear from them.
AUSTIN O'MALLEY Those who want to hear from you will let you hear from them.
JAMES SCOTT The Lord your God will raise up a Prophet like me from among your own people. Listen carefully to ev...
MOSES Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their...
POLYBIUS If you want your wife to listen to you, then talk to another woman; she will be all ears.
ANONYMOUS You speak so badly, you make spelling mistakes when you talk
ABDESSLEM KHALIL We talk about it frequently. It gives you reason to listen to what happened and see if you can learn...
ART PALM You have to know who to keep near you and those you should be far away from.
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Listen 90% and talk the other 10%, you will always be the smartest person in the conversation
C.R. MANGUM No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
E. W. HOWE Actually that’s my secret — I can’t even talk about you to anybody because I don’t want any ...
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Those who know me know me well enough to know what I will and will not do. Those who don't obviously...
KASSANDRA CHARBONNEAU It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be mi...
MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI When we cast our bread upon the waters, we can presume that someone downstream whose face we will ne...
MAYA ANGELOU Technological errors made by government, industry [DDT, ABM, SST, CIA, etc.] are those of children, ...
JOHN CAGE For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those wh...
BILL BRADLEY Tears are only for those who care to see you sad; a badly broken heart never cries.
M.F. MOONZAJER Listen to me, your body is not a temple. Temples can be destroyed and desecrated. Your body is a for...
BEAU TAPLIN those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
ALEX FLINN If need be, I will even meet the Prime Minister. But I want the people who are at the receiving end ...
AAMIR KHAN How you talk to your self will determine how you speak to others.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to ...
JOSEPH JOUBERT ...the experience of battle forever divides those who talk of nothing else but its prospect from tho...
JAMES D. HORNFISCHER It gets down to core values, how you can live and keep things straight and maintain an even keel. It...
ROBERT BROWN If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society would be quit...
JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
CAT STEVENS I will tell them how to 'stand for our land' and listen to them even if they do not agree with me.
CLARA CHOU there are three kinds of people in the world: those who don't know and don't know they don't know; t...
KAREN MARIE MONING A person who doesn’t know how to accept others attitude are those people who doesn’t know how to...
JOSEPH BULURAN The key in mastering any kind of sales is switching statements about you and how great you are and w...
JEFFREY GITOMER You will close your eyes. And listen carefully . . . . You must learn to listen carefully when peopl...
CéLESTE ALBARET You will know those who love you, when you are in need.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.
P. J. O'ROURKE Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and ...
BOB DOLE He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how th...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how th...
C. C. COLTON Those who have happy homes seldom turn out badly.
DANIEL H. HILL I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, ...
JOHN LEGEND If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be ...
OSCAR WILDE A lot of the talk before was suitcases and how many do you have, how many are you going to send home...
VLADIMIR GUERRERO Listen to your intuition. It will tell you everything you need to know.
ANTHONY J. D'ANGELO Listen to your intuition. It will tell you everything you need to know.
ANTHONY J D'ANGELO Whatever I do, however I find a way to live, I will tell these stories. I have spoken to every perso...
DAVE EGGERS I can't even tell you how bad it was, I couldn't even talk.
KARLA EDWARDS In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them
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PLUTARCH Neither blame or praise yourself.
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PLUTARCH So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.
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themselves up when taken litt...
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To thy holy temple come,
To Elis with thy Graces,
Rushing ...
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