On a windswept hill in an English country churchyard stands a drab, gray slate tombstone. The faint etchings read:<\/p>\n
beneath this stone, a lump of clay,<\/p>\n
lies arabella young,<\/p>\n
who, on the twenty-fourth of may,<\/p>\n
began to hold her tongue.1395<\/p>\n
If your lips you would keep from slips,<\/p>\n
Five things observe with care:<\/p>\n
To whom you speak; of whom you speak;<\/p>\n
And how, and when, and where.<\/p>\n
William Norris<\/i>1396<\/p>\n
Some people are too talkative. They are like the young man who supposedly went to the great Greek philosopher Socrates to learn oratory. On being introduced, he talked so incessantly that Socrates asked for double fees. \u201cWhy charge me double?\u201d said the young fellow. \u201cBecause,\u201d said the orator, \u201cI must teach you two sciences: the one is how to hold your tongue, and the other is how to speak.\u201d1397<\/p>\n
A talkative woman once tried to justify the quickness of her own tongue by saying, \u201cIt passes; it is done with quickly.\u201d To which the famous evangelist Billy Sunday replied, \u201cSo does a shotgun blast.\u201d<\/p>\n
And such is the action of a quick tongue that it also leaves devastation in its wake.1398<\/p>\n
A young lady once said to John Wesley, \u201cI think I know what my talent is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wesley said, \u201cTell me.\u201d<\/p>\n
She replied, \u201cI think it is to speak my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wesley said, \u201cI do not think God would mind if you bury that talent.\u201d1399<\/p>\n
The ancient philosopher Zeno once said, \u201cWe have two ears and one mouth, therefore we should listen twice as much as we speak.1400<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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