Every man Quote by Michel de Montaigne

Everyone may speak truly, but to speak logically, prudently, and adequately is a talent few possess.

— Michel De Montaigne

Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste…

— Neal Stephenson

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

— John Selden

Words impress me. If a man can speak eloquently and beautifully to me, I just melt on the floor.

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking?

— Thomas Carlyle

The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of words; for…

— Jonathan Swift

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.

— Lowell Thomas

It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the…

— Lowell Thomas

It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or…

— George Henry Lewes

It is the doctrine of the popular music-masters, that whoever can speak can sing. So, probably, every man is eloquent once in his life.…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are more solicitous that men speak of us, than how they speak.

— Michel de Montaigne