Speech
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
- Buddha
The tongue like a sharp knife...Kills without drawing blood.
- Chinese Proverb
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
- Chuang-tzu
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
- Confucius
As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.
- Demosthenes
When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.
- Dryden, John
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
- Horace
The educated Southerner has no use for an 'R', except at the beginning of a word.
- Twain, Mark
The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
- Veda, Rig
