Behavior Quote by Richard Steele

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.

— Oscar Wilde

“And it's a preference, a long-held preference, what you might call a 'habit of mind'—putting words into other people's mouths. And those people are…

— David Hare

It's easy enough to make the truth look silly. A man never seems more foolish-like than he does when he's speaking his whole mind…

— Margery Allingham

“Speaking in a gentle way doesn’t only show politeness, it’s a mark of self-possession. Self-possessed people don’t see the need to draw attention by…

— Eliza Chamber

Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But it's easier…

— Pseudonymous Bosch

Would a man ever be called vain for speaking his mind?

— Marianne Williamson

We have for too long been taught that the sight of a man speaking to himself is a sign of eccentricity or madness; we…

— Teju Cole

A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.

— Sophocles

“The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself; he…

— Jean de La Bruyère

It is a way of calling a man a fool when no attention is given to what he says.

— Roger L'Estrange

Wise people can handle their mouth to talk after the permission of their mind.

— Anonymous

“I think,’ said Bredon, who was accustomed to his father’s meaningless outbursts of speech, ‘she’s silly.’ ‘So do I; but don’t say I said…

— Dorothy L. Sayers