Discourse

"Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!"

"In general those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it."

"Speech was made to open man to man, and not to hide him; to promote commerce, and not betray it."

"L'allégorie habite un palais diaphane."

"It is never so difficult to speak as when we are ashamed of our silence."

"Speak gently! 'tis a little thing Dropp'd in the heart's deep well: The good, the joy, that it may bring Eternity shall tell."

"That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment."

"I am a man of unclean lips."

"Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio."

"And endless are the modes of speech, and far Extends from side to side the field of words."

"Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke, and eloquence of eyes."

"For that man is detested by me as the gates of hell, whose outward words conceal his inmost thoughts."

"He, from whose lips divine persuasion flows."

"He spake, and into every heart his words Carried new strength and courage."

"His speech flowed from his tongue sweeter than honey."

"The flowering moments of the mind Drop half their petals in our speech."

"I love to hear thine earnest voice, Wherever thou art hid. * * Thou say'st an undisputed thing In such a solemn way."

"These authors do not avail themselves of the invention of letters for the purpose of conveying, but of concealing their ideas."

"In man speaks God."

"Know when to speake; for many times it brings Danger to give the best advice to kings."

"All the heart was full of feeling: love had ripened into speech, Like the sap that turns to nectar, in the velvet of the peach."

"The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them."

"Du sprichst ein grosses Wort gelassen aus."

"Mir wird von alledem so dumm, Als ging 'mir ein Mühlrad im Kopf herum."

"When Harel wished to put a joke or witticism into circulation, he was in the habit of connecting it with some celebrated name, on the chance of reclaiming it if it took. Thus he assigned to Talleyrand, in the "Nain Jaune," the phrase, "Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.""

"Speech is better than silence; silence is better than speech."

"Blessed is the man who having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact."

"Miss not the discourse of the elders."

"The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity."

"A series of congratulatory regrets."

"A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity."

"I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me."

"Abstruse and mystic thoughts you must express With painful care, but seeming easiness; For truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress."

"That's a Blazing strange answer."

"As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish."

"Think all you speak; but speak not all you think: Thoughts are your own; your words are so no more. Where Wisdom steers, wind cannot make you sink: Lips never err, when she does keep the door."

"Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech."

"But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge."

"Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt."

"Nullum simile quatuor pedibus currit."

"Ipse dixit."

"He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone."

"Sermo hominum mores et celat et indicat idem."

"Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with undivided mind for the truth of your speaking."

"Speech is silvern, silence is golden."

"Le cœur sent rarement ce que la bouche exprime."

"He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than discover the sense of his heart deserves to have it pulled out like a traitor's and shown publicly to the rabble."

"Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace."

"Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et rebutant."

"Revenons à nos moutons."