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We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
Francois Voltaire
(also about
Wisdom,
Silence
)
In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.
Aristotle
Speech quotes by
Francis Bacon
Also about
Reading,
Writing,
Manners,
Communication,
Consensus
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
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.
To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(also about
Ethics,
Rhetoric,
Words
)
It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden.
Muriel Spark
(also about
Silence,
Words
)
Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?
Walt Whitman
(also about
Words,
Self-Expression
)
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
William Blake
(also about
Willingness,
Integrity,
Self-Expression
)
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
Truman Capote
(also about
Evil,
Words
)
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.
Kurt Vonnegut
(also about
Nonsense,
Words,
Waste
)
Speech is civilization itself.
Thomas Mann
(also about
Civilization,
Culture
)
When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can think of nothing else.
John Steinbeck
(also about
Behaviour,
Words,
Thoughts
)
Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
(also about
Words
)
Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.
Gustave Flaubert
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
George Bernard Shaw
(also about
Communication
)
