Audience Quote by Michel de Montaigne Download Open image ““Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener.”” — Michel de Montaigne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Audience Listener Speaker Speech
A speech belongs half to the speaker and half to the listener. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener. The latter must prepare to receive it according to the motion it takes. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
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“Why do we have two ears and one mouth? In order to talk half as much as we listen.” — Josip Novakovich Copy Share Image
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“We have two ears and one mouth, therefore we should listen twice as much as we speak.” — Zeno Copy Share
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The laws keep up their credit, not by being just, but because they are laws; 'tis the mystic foundation of their authority; they have… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Beauty is the true prerogative of women, and so peculiarly their own, that our sex, though naturally requiring another sort of feature, is never… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The height and value of true virtue consists in the facility, utility, and pleasure of its exercise; so far from difficulty, that boys, as… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things! — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear… — Michel De Montaigne Copy Share Image
The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
If people must be talking about me, I would have it to be truthfully and justly. I would willingly return from the next world… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
In true friendship, in which I am expert, I give myself to my friend more than I draw him to me. I not only… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
There are as many and innumerable degrees of wit, as there are cubits between this and heaven. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
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If I had to speak in front of a Korean audience, I would be hard pressed to sound other than a little girl. — An Na Copy Share Image
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