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He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. — W. Somerset Maugham
Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed. — Diogenes
I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the… — Henry David Thoreau
Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed before words and… — Laozi
It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing. He appeals to the… — Judith Lewis Herman
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties,… — Eric Hoffer
[My mother] speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same post… — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak. — James Russell Lowell
It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has… — Brooks Robinson
The camera is not merely a reflecting pool and the photographs are not exactly the mirror, mirror on the wall that speaks with a twisted… — Lee Friedlander
Indolence and melancholy: Each generates the other. If one can speak of such feeble passions as generating anything. — Edward Abbey
The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you; the public will… — Edward Abbey
It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will? — Edward Abbey
Dogs are dim creatures, do not speak to me of their good sense--have you ever heard of a team of tomcats hauling a sled across… — John Banville
I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British and my future was in Britain. And it would also make me… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the… — George Jones
Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. — Benjamin Franklin
The Creation speaks a universal language, independent of human speech or human language, multiplied and various as they be. It is an ever-existing original, which… — Thomas Paine
When you catch on to your awakening, the world does not change. You just see it differently, that's all. You acquire a feeling of immortality.… — Robert Adams
C.S. Lewis admitted, when he was asked to set forth his beliefs, that he never felt less sure of them than when he tried to… — Robert Adams
It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak — Michael Bolton
Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak. — Kurt Vonnegut
I speak because I can to anyone I trust enough to listen. — Laura Marling
I speak as a man of the world to men of the world; and I say to you, Search the Scriptures! The Bible is the… — John Quincy Adams
All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to… — Jeff Miller

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