Zira Ishak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Speech
What would man be without speech ? A painted image, or an animal turned loose.
Never speak when it is not the time for speech.
Often a word pierced like a sword !
Often have words pierced deeper than arrows.
How often one word has let loose a war! How many loves have been born in a single glance!
The tongue has a sharper point than the lance.
How many men has the tongue undone!
The tongue of an ignorant fellow is his key to death.
Fear your tongue: it is an arrow that misses the mark.
Guard your head against the stumbling of your tongue.
The hand of the tongue is writing.
The word light on the lips and easy to understand is eloquent.
The heart is the treasurer of the tongue, and tongue, the interpreter of the men.
The tongue is a savage beast: leave it free, and it will wound you.
A stumbling foot means hurt, and a blundering tongue, a loss.
Every second word of a stupid man is an oath.
The best speaking is that which fits the deed.
To keep silent when you can say something wise and useful is as bad as keep on propagating foolish and unwise thoughts.
If you are wished and saluted then return the wish in the most appropriate manner. If you are favored then repay the obligation manifold; but be will always excel in merit who takes the initiative.
The best speaking is that which does not offend the ear, and the understanding of which does not fatigue the intelligence.
Sincere speaking strengthens one's argument.
Consider not who speaks, but what is said.
Do not undervalue a fine idea, because it comes from an unimportant person.
If an orator's thought and speech are in accord, the auditory will accept his utterance; otherwise no effect will be produced.
Speak, that you may make yourself known; for a man is hidden beneath his tongue.
The more sincerely a man speaks, the more will he be respected.
A stupid man will give himself away in three things - in speaking of matters of which he is ignorant; in answering be fore he is questioned ; in temerity in his undertakings.
Whoever says what he should not say, bears what he does not want to hear.
Speech is as a medicine, a small dose of which is beneficial, but a large one mortal.
Beware of commenting on a fact that you do not know to the bottom, and with exactitude.Your speaking reflects your intelligence and your words the extent of your knowledge.
Metonymy gets you out of speaking plainly.
The bane of speech is prolixity.
Chattering bores one's company.
Avoid chattering-that frequent ca use of mistakes and boredom.
The ear is useless, when the mind wanders.
If you aren't a brilliant and learned talker, be an attentive listener.Quoted from "Maxims of Ali" by J.A. Chapman, Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1968
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