“Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.”
William Penn
“I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.”
Oscar Wilde
“Each person creates the life they live by choosing the words they speak.”
Thomas J. Powell
“If you plan of helping you don't need of saying it, act on it.”
Ann Marie Aguilar
“So long as they don't get violent, I want to let everyone say what they wish, for I myself have always said exactly what pleased me.”
Albert Einstein
“His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.”
Bible
“Ah, did you once see Shelley plain, / And did he stop and speak to you / And did he speak to you again? / How strange it seems and new!”
Robert Browning