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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.


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VOLTAIRE Men employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
VOLTAIRE They use thought only to justify their injustices, and speech only to disguise their thoughts.
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.
VOLTAIRE There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts
VOLTAIRE Some people use language to express thought, some to conceal thought, and others instead of thoughts...
VIKRANT PARSAI Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, wh...
ROBERT SOUTH Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding
GEORGE SAVILE The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them
OLIVER GOLDSMITH The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Men are only as loyal as their options.
BILL MAHER Look wise; say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
WILLIAM OSLER Look wise say nothing and grunt, speech was given to conceal thought.
WILLIAM OSLER Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
SIR WILLIAM OSLER Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
WILLIAM OSLER The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys,...
LUCRETIA MOTT Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys,...
LUCRETIA MOTT Only small men parade their learning, talk over their audience and air their superior knowledge. Onl...
JOHN MYER Our job is to serve each tribe. We don't supplant their authority; we do not override their authorit...
CHARLES HUDSON But only after they apologize first for exercising their free speech, is that correct?
JAMES SMITH Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.
GEORGE ORWELL There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and ...
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.
EDMUND WALLER I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
JOHN LOCKE Now surely they fold up their breasts that they may conceal (their enmity) from Him; now surely, whe...
QURAN Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framewor...
KAPIL SIBAL No longer do companies study consumers' psyches only by asking people what they think about tech...
KATIE HAFNER Men conceal the past scenes of their lives. [Lat., Vitae poscaenia celant.]
LUCRETIUS (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) Seek no authority over the lives of men; of that the Omniwill is master. Nor seek authority over the...
MIKHAIL NAIMY Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men
LATIN PROVERB Justice requires not only the ceasing and desisting of injustice but also requires either punishment...
AMOS WILSON Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie.
JERRY ONLY We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.
JERRY ONLY The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch ...
JERRY ONLY My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can.
JERRY ONLY Danny and I wrote 10 songs in seven days, which I thought might be close to the record until you pro...
JERRY ONLY There were some situations where I was giving up everything I had for the band and I just expected e...
JERRY ONLY Look at all the Misfits products that came out. We never made a dime off it.
JERRY ONLY The Ramones went through a couple different line-up changes, and Johnny and Joey held through the wh...
JERRY ONLY We're gonna try and bring on all the different aspects of horror movie making and bring on guest...
JERRY ONLY We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed.
JERRY ONLY The packaging has to really sell the product today, because kids can go out and buy a CD and then 10...
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LYSANDER SPOONER You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work w...
RIORIO We must leave people for their happiness. – Shahwan SETHI
MUHAMMAD SHAHWAN TARIQ People demand freedom of speech as compensation for the freedom of thought, which they seldom use.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD Negative thoughts are not often positively defined as being change-driven, truth maker with gross re...
ANUJ SOMANY True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure
AUGUSTE RODIN True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.
AUGUSTE RODIN By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Everyone is by absolute natural right the master of his own thoughts, and thus utter failure will at...
BARUCH SPINOZA People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use...
KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
KIERKEGAARD When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different.
GEORGE SANTAYANA All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.
WINSTON CHURCHILL Great men must conquer their thoughts in order to become masters of their actions.
OMA MILLIE [Tyranny is] to compel men not to think as they do, to compel men to express thoughts that are not t...
MILOVAN DJILAS Clearly, the days when parents admonished their kids to use cell phones only for emergencies are ove...
BEN ROGERS Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON I laugh at people who think their spontaneous, yet plan their spontaneous moments.
SONYA.E.WILLIAMS Words can change their meaning, just by repeating them.
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PETER WALKER If only thy eyes flutter once, the bees lose their direction and the fighting men their aim!
AVIJEET DAS The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
BUDDHA Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if ...
DAVID OGILVY Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Ti...
WILLIAM WYCHERLEY But the way people commonly use the word nowadays it means something all of whose parts are mutually...
DAVID BOHM As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts ...
FRANK MOORE COLBY Male writers are thought of as "writers" first and then "men". As for female writers, they are first...
ELIF SHAFAK Apathy is sustainable only as long as injustice doesn't harm us--and we don't care that it's harming...
KEN WYTSMA Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their m...
ARISTOTLE Only dogs know and respect their masters. This is a rare characteristic of men who secretly envy the...
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Not every poor or unemployed person who has one wears a political party’s t-shirt to reveal their ...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their...
ALDOUS HUXLEY From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what thei...
ALDOUS HUXLEY I've taught myself how to use good, fresh ingredients and to prepare them as simply as possible ...
INA GARTEN For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them
SENECA If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking...
ALBERT EINSTEIN It takes a lot to open up and love. I think women find their divinity through their disappointment i...
LAURA BUSHNELL The centuries-old habit of privileging the male heir arose because monarchs were supposed to lead th...
KATE WILLIAMS Men have been trained and conditioned by women, not unlike the way Pavlov conditioned his dogs, into...
ESTHER VILAR Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is only in their conclusions; ...
GEORGE SANTAYANA Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. W...
JOHN FOSTER DULLES Men and women are most alike at their most mature and soulful levels. Men and women are most differe...
RICHARD ROHR Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
HERMANN HESSE Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men ap...
BUDDHA The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to complimen...
VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE) When men are brought face to face with their opponents, forced to listen and learn and mend their id...
WALTER LIPPMANN But now books and men had gone their separate ways. Who has the patience for a book? Only a book.
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