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Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or…
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Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to…
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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
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Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross,…
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A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to…
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Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.
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Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.
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Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet to run amok and tilt at all I meet.
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The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the…
— Mary Astell
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The partisan when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to…
— Socrates
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It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.
— Lascelles Abercrombie
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
— Alexander Pope
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If your own mind is muddled, much more will the minds of your hearers be confused.
— Dale Carnegie
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An effective speaker knows that the success or failure of his talk is not for him to decide - it will be…
— Dale Carnegie
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Of all the preaching in the world, I hate that preaching which tends to make the hearers laugh, or to move their…
— Richard Baxter
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Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying 'renew yourselves' from…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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