Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and what he says, and of the three, the latter matters the least

Quote by John Morley

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A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be...

Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be...

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement...

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement...

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

He who hates vice hates men.

He who hates vice hates men.

They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great...

They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great...

All religions die of one disease - that of being found out

All religions die of one disease - that of being found out

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to...

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to...

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent,...

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent,...

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what...

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what...

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be,...

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be,...

Know yourself, and dont allow yourself to change for anybody, or let anybody change you,...

Know yourself, and dont allow yourself to change for anybody, or let anybody change you,...