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In the commerce of speech use only coin of gold and silver
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent
Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little
He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak
Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell
We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved
The secret of being tiresome is in telling everything
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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