Famous quotes containing the word speak:
“Nor do they trust their tongue alone,
But speak a language of their own;
Can read a nod, a shrug, a look,
Far better than a printed book;
Convey a libel in a frown,
And wink a reputation down.”
—Jonathan Swift (16671745)
“One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.”
—Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (18181883)
“We endeavour more that men should speak of us, than how and what they speak, and it sufficeth us that our name run in mens mouths, in what manner soever. It seemeth that to be known is in some sort to have life and continuance in other mens keeping.”
—Michel de Montaigne (15331592)
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