Choose your words wisely. Words can be forgiven, but the impact they have may not be forgotten.
Sylvester McNutt
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Aesop
Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Pythagoras
When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
Jordan Peterson
Always say less than necessary.
Robert Greene
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
Ernest Hemingway
The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.
William Hazlitt
We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.
Zeno of Citium
The oldest, shortest words 'yes' and 'no' are those which requires the most thought.
Win through your actions, never through argument.
Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.
Oliver Goldsmith
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Blaise Pascal
The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
Abigail Van Buren
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
Everything's already been said, but since nobody was listening, we have to start again.
Andre Gide
People who pressure you usually deserve a 'no'. People who are patient with you usually deserve a 'yes'.
Alan Cohen
An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling falsehood.
Aldous Huxley
Less explanation is more convincing than more explanation.
Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.
Arthur Conan Doyle
