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When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unsp

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it. – Arabic Proverb

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If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again. – Arabic Proverb

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

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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you. – Jean De La Bruyere

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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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The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. – Anon.

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