Quotes About Speech

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.

The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue.

Wise men listen and laugh, while fools talk.

The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!

Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven.

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.

Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.

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

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.

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. [Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]

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

Intelligent men have no need to listen to much talk, but should attend only to that which is profitable and guided by God's will.

As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.

The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle his tongue.

A man is hid under his tongue.

Men are polished, through act and speech, Each by each, As pebbles are smoothed on the rolling beach.

A learned man's knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn't have control over his tongue

The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.