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drown kept mouth rest ship shut silence
I went down with the ship but I kept my mouth shut so I didn't drown like the rest of them.
cannon mouth safer woman women
The mouth of a cannon is safer that the mouth of a woman scorned.
ignorant mouth open people release silence silent whether
I don't know whether to keep silent and let people think I am ignorant or open my mouth and release all doubts.
closed mind mouth silence until
Keep your mouth closed until your mind is in gear.
becomes change difficult suffer
When it becomes more difficult to suffer than change -- then you will change.
length saying short time words yes
Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.
further hands heights higher ordinary people perform push teams-and-teamwork towards
Working together, ordinary people can perform extraordinary feats. They can push things that come into their hands a little higher up, a little further on towards the heights of excellence.
fear gloomy stars witness
We fear not death. That gloomy night, that pale-faced moon, and the affrighted stars that hurried through the sky, can witness that we fear not death.
appealed ask ran voting
When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: ''I never stole anything in my life. All I ask is a chance.''
courage face strong
We are made strong by the difficulties we face not by those we evade.
caused fear form sustained worry
Worry: a sustained form of fear caused by indecision.
across common convey empires languages life mental period precious safely sail shipwreck suffered time treasures words
Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion.
gives preach virtues wealth
Wealth is what gives you the right to preach about the virtues of poverty.
asking becomes foolish questions stopped until
There are no foolish questions and no one becomes a fool until they have stopped asking questions.