Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few.


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Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
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For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
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