Quotes on Talking

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The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.
 
Blessed is the man, who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
 
Good example is half a sermon.
 
Keep your words sweet-you may have to eat them.
 
In my silence only my voice is missing.
 
There is only one thing in the world that is worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
 
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
 
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
 
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
 
There are only two types of speakers in the world, the nervous and the liar.
 
When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
 
METAPHOR: A way of holding the most truth in the least space.
 
Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.
 
Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
 
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