Robert South

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart. ↗

— Robert South

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Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. ↗

— Robert South

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Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together. ↗

— Robert South

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Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument. ↗

— Robert South

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Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. ↗

— Robert South

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The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words. ↗

— Robert South

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