"The wise man thinks once before he speaks…" — Robert Benchley

"The wise man thinks once before he speaks twice."

— Robert Benchley

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87 Quotes by Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley has 87 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before…
Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the…
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.
Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?
The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.
Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.
Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.
Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous.
I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a… — Hannah Arendt
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always… — Hannah Arendt
I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let… — Pietro Aretino
Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short… — Aristotle
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle

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