"Those who know it do not speak about it. Those who speak about it do not know it."
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"It is possible to depart from life at this moment. Have this thought in mind whenever you act, speak, or think."
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"If the poet can no longer speak for society, but only for himself, then we are at the last ditch."
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"I said to Life, I would hear Death speak. And Life raised her voice a little higher and said, You hear him now."
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"How does the poet speak to men with power, but by being still more a man than they"
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"Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us."
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"Speak truth to power."
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"About what one can not speak, one must remain silent."
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"There is no true word that is not at the same time a praxis. Thus, to speak a true word is to transform the world."
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"Let nobody speak mischief of anybody."
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"To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire."
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"Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil but then also do no evil."
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"Books always speak of other books."
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"You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience."
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"I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me."
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"Facts do not 'speak for themselves'; they are read in the light of theory."
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"To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes."
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"Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order."
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"They're only words. You can't be afraid of words that speak the truth, even if it's an unpleasant truth."
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"It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well."
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