Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.
I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to the ideas that underlay those words.
Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.
Speech is the mirror of the soul.
We have for too long been taught that the sight of a man speaking to himself is a sign of eccentricity or madness; we are no longer at all habituated to our own voices, except in conversation or from within the safety of a shouting crowd.
Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.