Here comes the orator! with his flood of words,
And his drop of reason.
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Sunday, September 07, 2025
Post #3298
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Thursday, April 18, 2019
Post #2809
He who indulges in liberty of speech will hear things in return which he will not like.
—Terence
—Terence
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Post #2808
A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.
—Samuel Johnson
—Samuel Johnson
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Post #2807
One learns taciturnity best among those people who have none, and loquacity among the taciturn.
—Jean Paul Richter
—Jean Paul Richter
Monday, April 15, 2019
Post #2806
The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing.
—Plutarch
—Plutarch
Friday, February 09, 2018
Post #2510
Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.
—Samuel Johnson
—Samuel Johnson
Monday, January 23, 2017
Post #2256
A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.
—Samuel Johnson
—Samuel Johnson
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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