Quotes about talking
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Man usually believes, if only words he hears,
That also with them goes material for thinking!The words you’ve bandied are sufficient;
’Tis deeds that I prefer to see:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832Faust (1808), Prelude at the Theatre, spoken by ManagerIn context“To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either.”
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
William Shakespeare1564–1616The Winter’s Tale (c. 1611), Act II, Scene II, spoken by PaulinaIn contextOur words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.
Wilkie Collins1824–1889The Woman in White (1860), First Epoch, The Story Begun by Walter Hartright, IXIn context
