Discretion Of Speech Is More Than Eloquence; And To Speak Agreeably To Him With Whom We Deal Is More Than To Speak In Good Words Or In Good Order. - SearchQuotes

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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.

Francis Bacon Sr

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