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In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.: Tiberius (42 BC - 37 AD)
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency.: Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)
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 (1644 - 1718)
Be check'd for silence, but never tax'd for speech.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), All's Well that Ends Well, Act I, sc. 1
Be it art or hap, he hath spoken true.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, sc. 3
Brevity is the soul of wit.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Hamlet, Act II, sc. 2
How absolute the knave is! we must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Hamlet, Act V, sc. 1
I do know of these that... only are reputed wise for saying nothing.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act I, sc. 1
I do not speak to thee in drink but in tears, not in pleasure but in passion, not in words only, but in woes also.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry IV, Part I, Act II, sc. 4
Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Comedy of Errors, Act III, sc. 2
Men of few words are the best men.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry V, Act III, sc. 2
Talkers are no good doers; be assur'd we come to use our hands and not our tongues.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Richard III, Act I, sc. 3
Things are often spoke and seldom meant.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry VI, Part II, Act III, sc. 1
Though thou speak'st truth, methink thou speak'st not well.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Coriolanus, Act I, sc. 6
Weighest thy words before thou givest them breath.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Othello, Act III, sc. 3
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.: Xenocrates (396 BC - 314 BC)

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