Monotony is poverty, whether in speech or in life.
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Dale CarnegieThe Art of Public Speaking (1915)
About Dale Carnegie
American writer and teacher, author of How to Win Friends and Influence People. (1888-1955)
More from Dale Carnegie
- You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
- Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain, and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
- When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion.How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
- Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
- Abilities wither under criticism, they blossom under encouragement.How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
- Begin with praise and honest appreciation.How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
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- Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.Mark Twain
- There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.Oscar Wilde
- The truth is rarely pure and never simple.Oscar Wilde
- Brevity is the soul of wit.William Shakespeare
- All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know.Ernest Hemingway
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