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Strona 150
... talk and talkers is unremitting . The demand increases with every year and is quite beyond reason . With all this it is not easy to recall an adage in which talk is spoken of in complimentary terms . The proverbs are against it . Such ...
... talk and talkers is unremitting . The demand increases with every year and is quite beyond reason . With all this it is not easy to recall an adage in which talk is spoken of in complimentary terms . The proverbs are against it . Such ...
Strona 151
... Talk is but talk ; ' tis money buys land . " The fact is brought into evidence that a man has two ears and only one tongue , which shows that he is to hear twice as much as he speaks . Finally , how severe is the judgment which is ...
... Talk is but talk ; ' tis money buys land . " The fact is brought into evidence that a man has two ears and only one tongue , which shows that he is to hear twice as much as he speaks . Finally , how severe is the judgment which is ...
Strona 152
... talking is very easy to some persons is true ; but to speak clearly and properly is not a universal gift . Again , to talk well is costly . One must first think well ; this means study , meditation , experi- ence . A single sentence may ...
... talking is very easy to some persons is true ; but to speak clearly and properly is not a universal gift . Again , to talk well is costly . One must first think well ; this means study , meditation , experi- ence . A single sentence may ...
Strona 156
... talk and men will continue to ask it . Carlyle is reported to have spoken four hours in praise of silence . Who that heard would have known that silence is so admirable had it not been thus praised in speech , followed by the opportun ...
... talk and men will continue to ask it . Carlyle is reported to have spoken four hours in praise of silence . Who that heard would have known that silence is so admirable had it not been thus praised in speech , followed by the opportun ...
Strona 157
... talk without a tongue , but he must have ideas if he would speak to advantage . The demand is not unreasonable , seeing that knowledge is within reach , and should be acquired for its own sake . First , to know something ; then to be ...
... talk without a tongue , but he must have ideas if he would speak to advantage . The demand is not unreasonable , seeing that knowledge is within reach , and should be acquired for its own sake . First , to know something ; then to be ...
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