![]() ~François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)ĭon't try to manage a cup of coffee, a sandwich and a piece of pie and the word 'insurmountable' at the same time. Men talk little when vanity does not prompt them. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths. Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1837įree speech is a blessing to men, without it no race can advance but talkers should pause now and then, and give other fellows a chance. I have even more thoughts during or enduring it than at other times. ~Robert Brault, Īmong provocations the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching. In every relationship there are situations you need to talk through - and situations where you need to be through talking. ~"Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy," The Saturday Evening Post, 1903, George Horace Lorimer, editor Saying the wrong thing is misfortune but trying to explain it is disaster. The words you choose to say something are just as important as the decision to speak. ~James Lendall Basford (1845–1915), Sparks from the Philosopher's Stone, 1882 Many talk as easily as they breathe, and with quite as little thought. ~Arthur Guiterman, "Of Evil-Speaking," A Poet's Proverbs, 1924 Of Evil Speech, would wash off Dirt with Mud. ~Josh Billings, "Affurisms: Mollassis Kandy"įoolishness always results when the tongue outraces the brain. Silence iz one ov the hardest arguments to refute. ~Eugene Field, "The Mouse and the Moonbeam," 1888 She resumed speaking, after a pause that testified eloquently to the depth of her emotion. ~"Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy," The Saturday Evening Post, 1908, George Horace Lorimer, editor ~Aulus Gelliusĭon't argue the best argument has one weakness: it admits of reply. The teeth form a barrier to check wanton words. ~ Strictly for Laughs, by Joey Adams, 1955 The easiest way to save face is to keep the lower half shut. ~Edgar Allan PoeĪnd don't talk too fast - you may say something you haven't thought of yet. The true genius shudders at incompleteness - imperfection - and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said. Well, putting things candidly (as I generally do when nothing is to be gained by putting them otherwise). ~Arthur Guiterman, "Of Pretence," A Poet's Proverbs, 1924 The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid. I like to think of myself as a finely-aged wine, and one thing that keeps a wine finely-aged is to put a cork in it. ~Thomas Neill, as quoted in Robert Byrne, The Fifth and Far Finer than the First Four 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said, 1993 Of those who say nothing, few are silent. ~Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye, 1970Īn energy crisis will never stop motor-mouths. we watch their faces, their hands, their feet, and listen for truth in timbre. Their conversation is like a gently wicked dance. ![]() ~Minna Thomas Antrim (1861–1950), Knocks Witty, Wise and -, 1905 It's often very expensive to think out loud. If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it. ~George Eliot, "Borne Along by the Tide," The Mill on the Floss, 1860 Watch your own speech, and notice how it is guided by your less conscious purposes. I've learned this - that just standing there with a blank look on your face is better than uttering words to that effect. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind, 2001, translated from Spanish by Lucia Graves, 2004 The man's oratory could kill flies in midair. Muir, Muir's Thesaurus of Truths: A Volume of Master Quotations Arranged in Symposia, Selected and Classified by Leo J. ![]() He has achieved a high measure of self-mastery who controls the invisible conduit extending from his ear to his tongue. ![]() to speak, and to speak well, are two things. ~Henry Stanley Haskins, "Thought," Meditations in Wall Street, 1940 Refrain from uprooting your thoughts and flinging them into language let be, they may grow fruit. Learn to hold your tongue, and you will be in all languages, fluent, and on all topics, wiser than most. Speaking Quotes, Communication, Conversation, Talking Too Much, Keeping Quiet, etc. ![]()
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