"A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he arouses mistrust."
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"We are more solicitous that men speak of us, than how they speak."
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"When you speak openly and honestly, you won't have to make assumptions. The day you stop making assumptions, you will communicate cleanly and clearly, and achieve impeccability with your word."
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"Sorry, No conprendo I don't speak Loser."
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"I know that money speaks more loudly than need."
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"We conceive of immortality as having a beginning, but no end; but we conceive of eternity as having neither beginning nor end. Hence it is proper to speak of eternity as the attribute of God, but of immortality as the attribute of man."
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"I take no actions that I wouldn't publicly recount. If you can't speak your deeds, then don't do them."
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"often when I thought I joked, I told the truth, afraid to speak it except in jest."
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