Speak

Famous quotes containing the word speak:

“Neither look at nor listen to what is improper; do not speak or act without observing propriety.”
—Chinese proverb.

Confucian Analects.

“Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“When I was young ... there never was any question about right and wrong. We knew our catechism, and that was enough; we learned our creed and our duty. Every respectable Church person had the same opinions. But, now if you speak out of the Prayer-book itself, you are liable to be contradicted.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)