"Let there be but two occasions for speech - when the subject is one which you thoroughly know and when it is one on which you are compelled to speak. On these occasions alone is speech better than silence; on all others, it is better to be silent than to speak."

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Source : Isocrates (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Isocrates (Illustrated)”, p.19, Delphi Classics

Isocrates

#Communication Quotes #Two Quotes #Silence Quotes

“Forever bound to each another”
“All the great crimes of history, lest we forget, have their genesis in the moral wilderness of their times.”
“Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.”
“I blame it on Walt Disney, where animals are given human qualities. People don't understand that a wild animal is not something that is nice to pat. It can seriously harm you.”
“In a way my work is documentary. But I am also a photographer who has a distinct style. My photographs are a companion to the reality of the situation.”
“I have a luck cat in my arms, it spins threads of luck. Luck cat, luck cat, make for me three things: make for me a golden ring, to tell me that I am lucky; make for me a mirror to tell me that I am beautiful; make for me a fan to waft away my cumbersome thoughts. Luck cat, luck cat, spin for me some news of my future!”

Source : Edith Södergran, David McDuff (1984). “Complete poems”, Dufour Editions
“Music excites me, inspires me, fuels me! I listen to music every single day.”

Source : Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com
“[D-Day] means to me a beginning of the freedom of Europe. The freedom was the achievement of the military adversaries of the Germans.”

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