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

Other quotes by Francis Bacon

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. – Francis Bacon

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Philosophy
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The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. – Francis Bacon

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The mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the minute youre born and never stops working until you get up to speak in public. – Patricia Ann Ball

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Silence is one great art of conversation. – Anon.

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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other peoples minds. – Walter Bagehot

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We forget that we are all dead men conversing with dead men. – Jorge Luis Borges

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