James I of Scotland quotes
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“Since word is thrall, and thought is free, Keep well thy tongue, I counsel thee.”
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“The bird, the best, the fisch eke in the see,They live in fredome, everich in his kynd.And I a man, and lakkith libertee.”
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“Beautee eneuch to mak a world to dote.”
-- James I of ScotlandSource : James I of Scotland, “The King's Quire (Excerpt)”
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“A wounding tongue. I'm working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.”
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“My scalp tingled like Christmas candy on a cold tongue.”
Source : Amber Dermont (2013). “The Starboard Sea”, p.53, Hachette UK
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“It is through the tongue, the pen, and the press that truth is principally propagated.”
Source : Sarah Grimke, Angelina Grimke (2015). “On Slavery and Abolitionism: Essays and Letters”, p.96, Penguin
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“Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it.”
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“And thou shalt in thy daughter see, This picture, once, resembled thee.”
Source : Thomas Parnell, Ambrose Philips (1779). “The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson”, p.365
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“Well I have a microphone and you don't so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!”
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“I have a great story to tell and I tell it well. No holds barred.”
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