He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
A man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself - like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
Speech happens to not be his language.
A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.
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.
He who talks much cannot talk well.
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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