Speech Acts

Famous quotes containing the words speech and/or acts:

“No speech can stain what is noble by nature.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

“To the man who cherishes a secret in his breast, there is a still greater secret unexplored. Our most indifferent acts may be a matter for secrecy, but whatever we do with the utmost truthfulness and integrity, by virtue of its pureness, must be transparent as light.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)