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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.


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HEINRICH HEINE To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
BEN JONSON To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
BEN JONSON Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.
BEN JONSON The fool will talk with blame and the wise will speak with innocence.
TYLER J. HEBERT A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE A wise man understands, an intelligent man knows, but a fool pretends to know.
DEBASISH MRIDHA The fool speaks, the wise man listens
AFRICAN PROVERB Your ears love to hear, so speak to it
SOTONYE ANGA Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen
JOHN MUIR To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men...
ARISTOTLE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
WILLIAM BLAKE A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
WILLIAM BLAKE He may well speak French and Latin and half a dozen languages, but since he has nothing to say – w...
PHILIPPA GREGORY Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something ...
JEAN KERR Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no differe...
OCTAVIO PAZ Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something ...
JEAN KERR A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Even if you are not asked anything, you just have to speak something to make someone believe that yo...
VIKRANT PARSAI This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs, And speak men what they can to him he'll a...
HENRY PORTER The difference between a fool and a wise person: You will easily know when the fool is annoyed, but ...
THE INSPIRATIONIST The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We speak to God when we are anxious. God speaks to us when we are still.
RAIN BOJANGLES But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself. Well, so I will talk abou...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Everyone may speak truly, but to speak logically, prudently, and adequately is a talent few possess.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Ladies, your power can influence for right or wrong, for victory or defeat. Remember, people have a ...
JENTEZEN FRANKLIN We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid in the same way we have learned to work and speak ...
AUDRE LORDE A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. T...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS Choose your words before talking
SOTONYE ANGA The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man ar...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their taste or their humor, to on...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Men and women may speak the same language, but we interpret words differently.
PAMELA CUMMINS The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Measure For Measure
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
ANATOLE FRANCE Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something...
JEAN KERR When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to thee, look on his mouth.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks
YIDDISH PROVERB A smart man knows when it is time to keep quiet, and when to speak. Moreover, a wise man considers t...
ERALDO BANOVAC We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary - it's this battle, these weapons, thi...
ABIGAIL DISNEY Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure?

Answer: Of himself.

Wel...
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FRANCIS BACON Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is mor...
FRANCIS BACON Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more...
FRANCIS BACON, SR. Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is mo...
FRANCIS BACON Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more...
FRANCIS BACON Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more...
FRANCIS BACON SR. Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your spe...
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URSULA K. LEGUIN Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language.
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MARIO TESTINO Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
UNKNOWN 'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
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JIMMY BRESLIN It's better to stay silent and look a fool, rather than speak and remove all doubt.
MARK TWAIN People constantly speak of "the government" doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it....
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NISIOISIN A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
CONFUCIUS It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU A blind man may be sightless, but still he envisions; a mute may be voiceless, but still he speaks: ...
DEBORAH SIMPSON The more a man is given to sentiment ,the more likely is he to be wordy and to speak well.
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I am not commanding you, but I ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.
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HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
HARPER LEE Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
EDWARD GEORGE BULWER-LYTTON A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON A fool and the wise get along very well.
J C A ROWE It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
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ERICH VON STROHEIM It takes two to speak truth -- one to speak, and another to hear.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than to read or write; who, ho...
WILLIAM HAZLITT When a moral man speaks, listen. But when immoral men speak, toss away their words like bad fruit. T...
SUZY KASSEM It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear. -Thoreau.
THOREAU You are wise to climb Mt. Fuji, but a fool to do it twice.
JAPANESE PROVERB Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
BEN JOHNSON Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.
BEN JONSON Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
BEN JONSON They say actions speak louder than words, but actions don't speak. People speak, and people are ...
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BEN KINGSLEY I lost my own son (Steven) at 18, five years ago, in a car accident, so I can really sympathize with...
BEN HECHT People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less critic...
BEN HECHT I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony.
BEN HECHT In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a bro...
BEN HECHT Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety
BEN HECHT Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of fantastic bravo...
BEN HECHT Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.
BEN HECHT Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture.
BEN HECHT Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.
BEN HECHT Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the...
BEN HECHT There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere. There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tort...
BEN STEIN I was tempted to tell her it was because we were British and actually had a sense of humour, but I t...
BEN AARONOVITCH But I do hate him as I hate the devil.
BEN JONSON You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot
BEN STEIN If he were To be made honest by an act of parliament I should not alter in my faith of him.
BEN JONSON Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known. They that love mirth, let them heartily drink, ...
BEN JONSON Genius without education is like silver in the mine. -Ben Franklin.
BEN FRANKLIN Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
BEN FRANKLIN It's just kind of surreal. We're trying not to think too far ahead but we know we have a lot of work...
BEN LINDSEY