Speak

Famous quotes containing the word speak:

“I wish to speak with all respect of persons, but sometimes I must pinch myself to keep awake, and preserve the due decorum. They melt so fast into each other, that they are like grass and trees, and it needs an effort to treat them as individuals.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“I speak truth, not my belly-full, but as much as I dare; and I dare the more the more I grow into years.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)