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A yawn is a silent shout. – GK Chesterton

A yawn is a silent shout.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. – George Eliot

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble. – Frank Tyger

Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible. – Frank Moore Colby

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. – Francis Bacon

Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Twas but my tongue, ’twas not my soul that swore. – Euripides

Twas but my tongue, ’twas not my soul that swore.

Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. – Ernest Hemingway

Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. – Emily Dickinson

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. – Elbert Hubbard

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. – Confucius

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? – Clarence Darrow

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?

Constantly talking isn’t necessarily communicating. – Charlie Kaufman

Constantly talking isn’t necessarily communicating.

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