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Speech and
silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one
who cannot open his mouth.
-- E. M. Cioran
1911-, Rumanian-born French
Philosopher
They that are
loudest in their threats are the weakest in the execution of
them. It is probable that he who is killed by lightning
hears no noise; but the thunder-clap which follows, and
which most alarms the ignorant, is the surest proof of their
safety.
-- Charles Caleb Colton
1780-1832, British Sportsman
Writer
The only happy
talkers are dandies who extract pleasure from the very
perishability of their material and who would not be able to
tolerate the isolation of all other forms of composition;
for most good talkers, when they have run down, are
miserable; they know that they have betrayed themselves,
that they have taken material which should have a life of
its own, to dispense it in noises upon the air.
-- Cyril Connolly
1903-1974, British Critic
Talk is
over-rated as a means of settling disputes.
-- Tom Cruise
1962-, American Actor
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