His speech was a fine sample on the whole Of rhetoric which the learn'd call "rigmarole."

Lord Byron
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  1. A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding. - Lao Tzu

  2. My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech. - Patricia Briggs

  3. Words', he said, 'is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life. So you must simply try to be patient and stop squibbling. As I am telling you before, I know exactly what words I am wanting to say, but somehow or other... - Roald Dahl

  4. It's the words we whisper to ourselves that make us who we are. - Marty Rubin

  5. Naming enables the noble-minded to speak, and speech enables the noble-minded to act. Therefore, the noble-minded are anything but careless in speech. - Confucius

More Quotes By Lord Byron
  1. When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter " And proved it - 'twas no matter what he said.

  2. She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

  3. Society is now one polished horde Formed of two mighty tribes the Bores and Bored.

  4. I am not now That which I have been.

  5. A little curly-headed good-for-nothing And mischief-making monkey from his birth.

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