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Quote by Francis Bacon
Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen. - Francis B

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

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In thinking, if a person begins with certainties, they shall end in doubts, but if they can begin with doubts, they will end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming. – English Proverb

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Silence is one great art of conversation. – Anon.

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Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. Colossians 4:6 – Bible

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When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. – Josh Billings

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