Dionysius I of Syracuse quotes
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“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.”
-- Dionysius I of SyracuseSource : "Handy-book of Literary Curiosities". Book by William Shepard Walsh, 1892.
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“I would like somebody to be hated more than I am.”
-- Dionysius I of SyracuseSource : "The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption". Book by Clive Foss, 2006.
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Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.277, Macmillan
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“Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute.”
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“Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps.”
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“We will not be silent. We will not obey. We will not allow our government to destroy our humanity.”
Source : "Gun activist Adam Kokesh charged" By Laurie Ure, www.cnn.com. July 28, 2013.
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“The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.'”
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“I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having been silent.”
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Source : Bess Wallace Truman, Harry S. Truman (2011). “Dear Harry, Love Bess: Bess Truman's Letters to Harry Truman, 1919–1943”, p.11, Truman State University Press
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