More have repented speech then silence. [More have repented speech than silence. ] - George Herbert

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The decaying that had dragged on for too long had only turned tragedy into nuisance; death, when it strikes, better completes its annihilating act on the first try.

George Herbert

More have repented speech then silence. [More have repented speech than silence. ]

Repented, Silence, Speech

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Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

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He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.

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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

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He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it. [He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. ]

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Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing. . . a grateful heart!

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The decaying that had dragged on for too long had only turned tragedy into nuisance; death, when it strikes, better completes its annihilating act on the first try.

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Laurence Sterne

There is such a torture, happily unknown to ancient tyranny, as talking a man to death. Marcus Aurelius advises to assent readily to great talkers--in hopes, I suppose, to put an end to the argument.

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George Saunders

When I'm explaining something to you, if I'm being long-winded, and twisty in a non-productive way, I could make you feel vaguely insulted. And you'd have a right to be.

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Ryan Adams

If I had a reed made of lightening I could blow the sax all night. . . I don't know where one would acquire a reed made of lightening but I would imagine that Bill Clinton has one.

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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.

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