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"Nature has given to men one tongue but two ears that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak."
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"What's the meaning of ignore? You hear somebody, but you never asnwer to him!"
"Why certainly, words possess power. They do! But releasing their magic requires combining and arranging those words in the right order."
"Three carefully stringed words are worth more than a book of gibberish. It's not the word count but the impact of those words that counts."
"There's a lot of difference between listening and hearing."
"The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion."
"Listen should be on 60-70% and talking or speaking on from 40 up to 30%."
"When you open your mouth, listeners are offended. When you close your mouth, the expectant are offended. If a person seeks misdoing from you they will find it regardless of whether or not you deliver."
"If one is talking about a vile thing it is better to talk of it in coarse language, one is less likely to be seduced into excusing it."
"You can save hundred words with just one look!"
"If you speak, that is rain; if you speak too much, that is flood!"
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"Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world."
"Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public."
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"When you do anything from a clear judgment that it ought to be done, never shrink from being seen to do it, even though the world should misunderstand it; for if you are not acting rightly, shun the action itself; if you are, why fear those who wrongly censure you?"
"If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible."
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
"Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."
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