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)