 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 yet these great talkers do not at all speak from their having any thing...  Butler - Page 79by William Lucas Collins - 1881 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 540 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... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1810 - 608 pages
...the wWt truth. " A fool uttereth all his mind ; but a wise-man keepeth it in till afterward." — " There is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence." — " And a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment7"" We are never to violate truth ; but... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Bible - 1810 - 600 pages
..."whole truth. " A fool uttereth all his mind ; but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward." — " There is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence."- — " And a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment." We are never to violate truth ; but... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1813 - 790 pages
...which makes up too great a part of conversation, giving of characters, speaking well or evil of others. The wise man observes, that " there is a time to speak,...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 at -all speak... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 616 pages
...actions. " 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... | |
 | Edward Atkyns Bray - Sermons, English - 1818 - 458 pages
...indifferent things ; and, which makes up too great a part of conversation, speaking well or ill of others. The wise man observes, that there is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence. We meet with people in the world, who seem wholly unacquainted with the iast of these observations.... | |
 | Richard Graves - Children - 1818 - 176 pages
...melancholy air may be changed into a cheerful song1, and he may learn from you that important proverb, " There is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence." To rise in your husband's esteem, and to be always rising, labour unweariedly by prayer to God, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1827 - 526 pages
...wind and the rain, shall neither sow nor reap ;" yet " there is a season for every action," and so " there is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence." There is a time when the words of a poor simple man may profit ; and that poor man in " The Preacher,"... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bible - 1825 - 596 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 so speak, as to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 682 pages
...wind and the rain, shall neither sow nor reap ;" yet " there is a season for every action," and so "there is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence V There is a time when the words of a poor simple man may profit ; and that poor man in " The Preacher,"... | |
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