Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.
Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.
In things that a man would not be seen in himself, it is a point of cunning to borrow the name of the world as to say, The world says, or There is a speech abroad.
The great advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three. First to lay asleep opposition and to surprise. For where a man's intentions are published, it is an alarum to call up all that are against them. The second is to reserve a man's self a fair retreat for if a man engage himself, by a manifest declaration, he must go through, or take a fall. The third is, the better to discover the mind of another. For to him that opens himself, men will hardly show themselves adverse but will fair let him go on, and turn their freedom of speech to freedom of thought.
Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
A dance is a measured pace, as a verse is a measured speech.
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.
For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.
For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to the next ages.
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