The spokenword belongs

The spokenword belongs
The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.
  

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Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side
One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.
Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.
The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.
All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.
Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.
It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.
Ittakes time to save time.
Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.
When weblame, we give away our power.