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Where the speech is corrupted, the mind is also.

—Seneca

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Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

—Francis Bacon

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Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

—Sir William Osler

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Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

—Sophocles

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Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.

—Thomas Carlyle

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In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.

—Tiberius

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If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.

—Marcus Aurelius

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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

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You can't undo something that's happened; you can't take back a word that's already been said out loud.

—Jodi Picoult in Nineteen Minutes

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She needed a break from worrying about what to say and how to act every second of the day.

—Cindi Madsen in All the Broken Pieces

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What would I have said to him if I'd known I would never see him again?

—Jennifer Niven in All the Bright Places

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Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.

—William Safire

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Cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then your low words will be charged with dynamite.

—Elbert Hubbard

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I don't have to tell you it goes without saying there are some things better left unsaid. I think that speaks for itself. The less said about it, the better.

—George Carlin

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When you find yourself about to say something that crosses a line, something that could cause irreparable harm, sometimes the best you can do is just not say that thing.

—Tammara Webber in Where You Are

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