(1432 quotes found)
“Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest”
William Shakespeare
“He that speaks much, is much mistaken”
Benjamin Franklin
“I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible”
Jane Austen
“You Can Shut Me Out...But You Can Not Shut Me Up! I Broke My Silence!”
Patty Rase Hopson
“Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.”
Turkish Proverb
“It's not easy to undo what's done, or to speak too freely ,to just anyone, and if this takes more, than you bargained for, boy it's time you learned, not to talk so loud, walk so proud, you're coming on.”
Bonnie Raitt
“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.”
Will Durant
“The inarticulate speak longest”
Japanese Proverb
“Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.”
Bernard Meltzer
“Mothers are the only race of people that speak the same tongue. A mother in Manchuria could converse with a mother in Nebraska and never miss a word.”
Will Rogers