 | 618 pages
...mar a good dinner,' adding, ' Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words ; for he that hath a satirical vein, making others afraid of his wit, hath need to be afraid of another's... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...thought he would mar a good dinner." Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in...A good continued speech, without a good speech of d He quotes here from Ovid : " Boy, spare the whip, and tightly grasp the reins." e One who tests or... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 324 pages
...would mar a good dinner. , Discretion of speech is more than eloquence : and to 60 speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in...good order. A good continued speech, without a good interlocution, shows slowness ; and a second speech, without a good setttf ledge : if sometimes, are... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 pages
...thought he would mar a good dinner." Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably7 to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in...are weakest in the Course, are yet nimblest in the turn ; as it is betwixt the greyhound and the hare. To use too many circumstances,8 ere one come to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1905 - 410 pages
...he would mar a good dinner." 5 Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably0 to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order. A good continued speech,0 without a good speech "of interlocution, shows slowness; and a good reply, or 10 second speech,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - English literature - 1906 - 764 pages
...he would mar a good dinner." Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably7 to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in...are weakest in the course, are yet nimblest in the turn ; as it is betwixt the greyhound and the hare. To use too many circumstances,8 ere one come to... | |
 | Mormon Church - 1907 - 546 pages
...manner, the place, and the time." "Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order." Story: "The Great Stone Face." Page 399. Memory Gem. 31. Subject : Influence of Courtesy. Introductory... | |
 | James Colville - Educators - 1907 - 122 pages
...Discourse. " Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably " (in a manner suited) " to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words or in good order." Amid the crooked policy of the age, and the crosscurrents of Reformation times, it was a great point... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 776 pages
...is divine. — Oarman Proverb. Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.— Bacon. Speak but little and well if you would be esteemed a man of merit. — Trench. As a vessel is... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 788 pages
...is divine. — Ofrman Proverb. Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably found in all the hoary registers of time, — Bacon. Speak but little and well if yon would be esteemed a man of merit. — Trench. As a vessel... | |
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words or in good order. 
