 | 1896 - 1224 pagina’s
...better than silence; silence is better than speech. v. EMERSON — Essay on Nominalist and Realist. w. GOLDSMITH — The Bee. No. 3. 574 SPEECH. SPIRITS. Know when to speake; for many times it brings... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pagina’s
...Sc. I. " The true touchstone of desert — success." BYRON. Marino Falicro (Doge), Act I., Sc. II. " The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them." GOLDSMITH. The Bee, No. III. "The true way to mourn the dead is to take care of the living who belong... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1900 - 320 pagina’s
...they hold, and I think with some show of reason, that he who best knows how to conceal his necessities and desires is the most likely person to find redress,...is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.1 When we reflect on the manner in which mankind generally confer their favors, we shall find... | |
 | 1902 - 784 pagina’s
...words only to conceal their thoughts.) Seven years previous Goldsmith had said much the same thing: — The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. — The Bee No. 3. (Oct. 20, 1759.) Now, in this same year 1759. there appeared a posthumous collection... | |
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... the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. 
