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It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.
Fame
Nicolas Caussin

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I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse.
Language
Charles V

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Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry.
Literature
Lord Chesterfield

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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
Adversity
Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Speak no evil of the dead.
Gossip
Chilo

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When men speak of the future, the Gods laugh.
The future
Chinese Proverb

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Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
Speakers and Speaking
Marcus T. Cicero

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I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
Lies and Lying
Jean Cocteau

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We should speak as the populace but think as the learned.
Speakers and Speaking
Sir Edward Coke

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Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.
Trust
John Churton Collins

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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
Action
Confucius

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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
Language
Clarence Darrow

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I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.
Diplomacy
Di Cavour

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Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls. For, thus friends absent speak.
Letters
John Donne

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Money speaks, but it speaks with a male voice.
Money
Andrea Dworkin

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All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
Speakers and Speaking
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Painting was called silent poetry and poetry speaking painting.
Poetry and Poets
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk with a certain belief.
Eloquence
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
Talkativeness
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Silence
Silvan Engel

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Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
Debt
English Proverb

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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
Speakers and Speaking
Epictetus

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Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
Listening
Epictetus

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But this is slavery, not to speak ones thought.
Uncategorised
Euripides

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Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
Time and Time Management
Euripides

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun