Great Thoughts
General Knowledge October 28th, 2007
- Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they would like to say something.
- They talk most who have the least to say.
- A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.
- The extreme pleasure we take in talking of ourselves should make us fear that we give very little to those who listen to us.
- Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
- He who has the truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.
- Great talkers are like leaky vessels; everything runs of out of them.
- Speaking without thing is shooting without aiming.
- The mouth of a wise man is in his heart; the heart of a fool is in his mouth.
- Two great talkers will not travel far together.
- We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too much.
- Consider in silence whatever any one says; speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.
- Be modest in speech, but excel in action.
- So much they talked, so little they said.
- Silence is less injurious than a weak reply.
- Think all you speak; but speak not all you think.
Source: Great Thoughts on Speech and Conversation & Discourse and Oratory.
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