Conversation is the image of the mind; as the man, so is his speech.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth,
When thought is speech, and speech is truth.
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