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God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf. ↗

— Thomas Brooks

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I am a lie who always speaks the truth. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action. ↗

— Confucius

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Pity speaks to grief More sweetly than a band of instruments. ↗

— Barry Cornwall

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People are afraid, and when people are afraid, when their pie is shrinking, they look for somebody to hate. They look for somebody to blame. And a real leader speaks to anxiety and to fear and allays those fears, assuages anxiety. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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I want a language that speaks the truth. ↗

— Studs Terkel

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