Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.
If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.
Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.
A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.
He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.
There are always two forces warring against each other within us.
Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.
No wisdom like silence.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.
A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.
We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.
Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.
Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
Better ask ten times than go astray once.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.
Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.
All signs are misleading.
Outside noisy, inside empty.
Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it should do,and a part that does what it feels like doing.
The most important of life''s battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you''ll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.
A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.
He understands badly who listens badly.
Even a fish wouldn''t get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
If you truly want honesty, don''t ask questions you don''t really want the answer to.
He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.
The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.
Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.
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