Speak little and to the purpose.
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PLATO I have always been fond of the West African proverb: Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT I want that glib and oily artTo speak and purpose not.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He said / Little, but to the purpose.
LORD BYRON A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS Your ears love to hear, so speak to it
SOTONYE ANGA If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Think much, speak little, and write less
FRENCH PROVERB Hear much, speak little
SOURCE UNKNOWN The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about ...
RICK WARREN People speak broken Swahili on purpose. Business people for instance will speak Sheng – a mixture ...
ENOCK MAREGESI The proverb is something musty.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The purpose of new technology is to democratize the system a little bit.
TIM WULFEMEYER Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your li...
JOHN KEATS Lie ten nights awake, carving the fashion of a new doublet. He was wont to speak plain and to the pu...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The capabilities of the satellite speak for themselves. I do not need to say anything about what the...
SHIMON ECKHAUS Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb.
LATIN PROVERB Give compliments to others, and make it a point to interact with your family members. Speak slowly o...
JUDY CARTER I speak some French, Spanish, a little German and Gaelic.
TERRY WOGAN One should speak little with others and much with oneself
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JOHN KEATS Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.
PROVERB Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.
FRENCH PROVERB America is not fighting to win a war. We are fighting to give an application to an old Greek proverb...
ARTHUR J. GOLDBERG Gratitude is the heart's memory. -French Proverb.
FRENCH PROVERB A proverb is the child of experience.
ENGLISH PROVERB Yuyeh sesh. Despise your heart. Ni weh sesh. I have no heart.
LEIGH BARDUGO Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage)
ELIZABETH GILBERT An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN In Shoshone, there's a saying. It's a long one, and it doesn't have an English equivalent, so bear w...
ROSE CHRISTO Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
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JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
JOHN RUSSELL A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL A proverb and a by-word among all people,
BIBLE Fall seven times and stand up eight. –Japanese Proverb
JAPANESE PROVERB Dreamers like your wife are limited, little Helldiver.” She makes sure I don’t speak.
“Un...
PIERCE BROWN I'll speak in a monstrous little voice.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He got a little mad at me and didn't speak to me for a while.
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NICHOLSON BAKER A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
JOHN MORLEY I speak a little bit of Italian, yeah. I understand more than I speak. I speak more of a dialect; my...
LUKE PASQUALINO It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
AFRICAN PROVERBS A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
JOHN RUSSELL A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL (1) A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom
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PATTI STANGER Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've wa...
NICHOLSON BAKER God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.
ARABIC PROVERB The heart that loves is always young. -Greek Proverb.
GREEK PROVERB Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb).
GREEK PROVERB A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb.
YUGOSLAV PROVERB One beggar at the door is enough. French Proverb
FRENCH PROVERB I'm not going to be merciless. I'll be a little edgy; I'll speak the truth.
RUSTY WALLACE Don't give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway,...
EVELYN WAUGH The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole
ARISTOTLE There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards?
JOSH BILLINGS Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches English Proverb
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ADRIANA TRIGIANI In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up fo...
RICK WARREN One woman never praises another. Estonian Proverb
ESTONIAN PROVERB Our minds, much like our eyes, serve very little purpose closed.
ANTHONY MAGESTRO I arrived in the U.S.A. in 1935, to San Francisco. I got the boat from China, and I didn't even ...
I. M. PEI As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like."
CICERO When the fool is told a Proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him
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GARY F EVANS... And now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We played a little zone and that's the purpose of that is to change the tempo and momentum of the ga...
JOANNE BRACKER We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB It's not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring. -Spanish proverb.
SPANISH PROVERB The truer you are to yourself, the greater your gifts will manifest themselves.
TIFFANY L. JACKSON Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
AFRICAN PROVERB The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.
SWEDISH PROVERB little disappointed, but satisfied (the prosecution) proved he was on the property for an unlawful p...
LAURA WOOD The happiness of many marriages is founded on the old proverb: Suspicion doesn’t amount to convict...
MAX PALLENBERG Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his lif...
TERRY PRATCHETT Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next
GAUTAMA BUDDHA To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to b...
MERCEDES LACKEY Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.
LAO TZU Our show was this little pirate ship that somehow managed to slip into the Broadway harbor, so to sp...
GREG KOTIS No, none is perfect, and although we speak many different languages, we must be willing to come toge...
LASHAN DIA GRAY The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others
LOPE DE VEGA A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER Nothing is as burdensome as a secret. French Proverb
FRENCH PROVERB There is no proverb without a grain of truth
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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Italy, a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the proverb goes
ROBERT BURTON If the bird hadn’t sung, it wouldn’t have been shot. Japanese Proverb
BOHDI SANDERS The happiness of many marriages is founded on the old proverb: Suspicion doesnt amount to convicti...
MAX PALLENBERG His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
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