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The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. – George Bernard Shaw

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Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact—from calling on us to look through a heap of millet-seed in order to be sure that there is no pearl in it. – George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such, 1879

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Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them. – Author Unknown

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Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand. – Author Unknown

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