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Quote by Adlai Stevenson
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. – Adlai Stevenson

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Do not… regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo? – Adlai Stevenson

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Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. – Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Discretion,” Proverbial Philosophy

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Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. – Publilius Syrus

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If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening. – George Barzan

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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled. – Horace

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