 | 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 - 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 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 Butler - Sermons, English - 1813 - 790 pages
...conversation, giving of characters, speaking well or evil of others. 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... | |
 | 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
...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. And... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 - 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,"... | |
 | 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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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... 
