 there is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence." One meets with people in the world, who seem never to have made the last of these observations. And yet these great talkers do not...  Letters - Page 71by Francis Bacon - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 pages
...conversation, giving of characters, speaking well or evil of others. , The wise man observes, that "there is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence." One meets with people in the world, who seem never to have made the last of these observations. And... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1838 - 642 pages
..." There is a season for every thing, and every thing is beautiful in its time," Ecc. iii. 1, 11. " There is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence," says Solomon, ver. 7. Again, " A word spoken in due season, how good is it !" Prov. xv. 23. " A word... | |
 | 1868 - 414 pages
...seeking that full knowledge which we need. 2. The unseasonableness of their silence is very manifest. There is a time to speak and a time to keep silence. This was a time to speak. The subject was impoitant, and Christ was there to explain. They were alone.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 610 pages
...publish any such revocations or additions. AN EXPOSTULATION TO THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE COKE. Mv VERT GOOD LORD, Though it be true, that " he who considereth...so « there is a time to speak, and a time to keep their labour, and cannot charm the deaf adder. God, therefore, before his Son that bringeth mercy,... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Halifax - 1844 - 406 pages
...of conversation, giving of characters, speaking well or evil of others. The Wise Man observes, that there is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence. One meets with people in the world, who seem never to have made the last of these observations. And... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1846 - 524 pages
...hath charged us to confess him, cannot but confess himself ; " Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said." "There is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence." He, that is the Wisdom of his Father, hath here given us a pattern of both. We may not so speak, as... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...conversation, giving of characters, speaking well or evil of others. The wise man observes, that " there is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence." One meets with people in the world who seem never to have made the last of these observations. And... | |
 | Thomas Adams - 1848 - 912 pages
...discretion, to preach at all times in themselves unseasonable. For there is a time to keep silence ; " There is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence," Eccl. iii. 7- But in season, to them that will hear ; out of season, to them that will not hear. Be... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1848 - 632 pages
...of conversation, giving of characters, speaking well or evil of others. The Wise Man observes, that there is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence. One meets with people in the world, who seem never to have made the last of these observations. And... | |
 | lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby - 1851 - 742 pages
...read. Advice, it is said, is only powerful when it puts into language the secret oracle of our souls. There is a time to speak and a time to keep silence ; and the time for speech is not at that moment when, through passion or excitement, the voice of the... | |
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