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.
He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.
A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.
There are always two forces warring against each other within us.
A man''s ruin lies in his tongue.
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.
Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.
Better ask ten times than go astray once.
Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.
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.
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.
Even a fish wouldn''t get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
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