Speeches Proverbs

Sayings about Speeches

The sober man's secret is the drunkard's speeches. ~ Russian Proverb

Speech is often repented, silence never. ~ Danish Proverb

We must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence. ~ French Proverb

Proverbs are the lamp of speech. ~ Arabian Proverb

A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury. ~ Islamic Proverb

Silence is also speech. ~ West African Proverb

Not speech, but facts, convince. ~ Greek Proverb

In the young, silence is better than speech. ~ Greek Proverb

The public improves the speaker's speech. ~ Iranian Proverb

Speech is silver; silence is golden. ~ Swiss Proverb

They will be hushed by a good deed who laugh at a wise speech. ~ French Proverb

Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men. ~ Latin Proverb

Even a soft speech has its own poison. ~ Syrian Proverb

Be modest in speech, but excel in action. ~ Chinese Proverb

To quarrel with a man of good speech is better than to converse with a man who does not speak well. ~ Sanskrit Proverb

A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb

Quotations about Speeches

Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. ~ Homer

Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man. ~ Marcus Porcius Cato

We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much. ~ Jean de la Bruyere

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it. ~ Jacques Anatole Thibault

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. ~ Bishop Robert South

Speech is the small change of silence. ~ George Meredith

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches. ~ Otto Von Bismarck

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Speech is as a pump, by which we raise and pour out the water from the great lake of Thought,--whither it flows back again. ~ John Sterling

It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. ~ Rami Belson

Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. ~ Voltaire

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved. ~ Voltaire

Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. ~ Roland Barthes

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise man is in his heart. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts. ~ Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. ~ Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Nobody has a right to speak more clearly than he thinks. ~ Alfred North Whitehead

Be swift to hear, slow to speak. ~ Cleobulus of Lindos

In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning. ~ Confucius

God giveth speech to all, song to the few. ~ Walter Chalmers Smith

It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he. ~ Publilius Syrus

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud. ~ Hermann Hesse

Speech is the mirror of action. ~ Solon

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. ~ Epictetus

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour. ~ Thomas Jefferson

God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our enemies. ~ Heinrich Heine

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy. ~ Peggy Noonan

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish. ~ Demosthenes

Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little. ~ Publilius Syrus

Speech is better than silence; silence is better than speech. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action. ~ Confucius

Nothing is said nowadays that has not been said before. ~ Terence

The heart seldom feels what the mouth expresses. ~ Jean Galbert de Campistron,

Speech is always bolder than action. ~ Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak. ~ Francis Bacon

Speak briefly and to the point. ~ Marcus Porcius Cato

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. ~ Soren A. Kierkegaard

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. ~ Henry Brooks Adams

A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. ~ William Shakespeare

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. ~ Oliver Goldsmith

Speak but little and well, if you would be esteemed as a man of merit. ~ Archbishop Richard Chenevix Trench

In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. ~ George Orwell

I have often regretted having spoken, never having kept silent. ~ Publilius Syrus

Speech is the index of the mind. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

He gave man speech, and speech created thought, which is the measure of the universe. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared listener. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to. ~ Hansell B. Duckett

She had lost the art of conversation, but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Speech is but the incorporation of thought. ~ Joseph Joubert

Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil. ~ Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think. ~ Octavio Paz

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding. ~ George Savile

All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom. ~ Marcus Porcius Cato

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech. ~ Antoine Rivarol

It is never so difficult to speak as when we are ashamed of our silence. ~ Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. ~ William Shakespeare

A speech should not just be a sharing of information, but a sharing of yourself. ~ Ralph Archbold

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. ~ Confucius

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts. ~ Thomas Carlyle

When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose. ~ Moliere

The speech of the tongue is best known to men; God best understands the language of the heart. ~ Arthur Warwick

Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song. ~ Joseph Joubert

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot. ~ D. H. Lawrence

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is. ~ Publilius Syrus

Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen. ~ Francis Bacon

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. ~ Hannah Arendt

Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth. ~ E. M. Cioran

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conversation is the image of the mind; as the man, so is his speech. ~ Publilius Syrus

Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man. ~ Martin Farquhar Tupper

Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few. ~ Cato The Elder