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"Don't you know how, in talking a foreign language, even fluently, one says half the time not what one wants to but what one can?"
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"One who utters speech that isn't rough But instructive and truthfulSo that he offends no one, Him I call Brahmin."
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"Words don't get accident, hands and tongues drive them wrongly!"
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"If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?"
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"When it occurs without having to voice it - vibin' on the same page, flowin' on the same wave, soakin' up the same light rays."
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"Focus your attention on the quality of your words, and not the quantity, because few sensible talks attracts millions of listeners more than a thousand gibberish."
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"Confrontation affords you the opportunity to hear the other side of the story."
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"Don't bother to ring a bell in the ear that doesn't listen. Move to another ear, and if he doesn't listen to your bell, sit back and listen to his nemesis."
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"I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story."
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"When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say."
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"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time."
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