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" Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. "
Impressions of Theophrastus Such - Page 70
by George Eliot - 1909
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Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends

Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - Quakers - 1891 - 900 pages
...Anniversary I found this sentiment from George Eliot, assigned to the FOURTH OF JUNE: "Blessed is the woman who having nothing to say abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact." Although not unusually superstitious the query would intrude : "Art thou that woman ?" Yet a wordy...
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Impressions of Theophrastus Such

George Eliot - Authors - 1879 - 252 pages
...us a whole wing-flapping brood to soar and make twilight. Peace be with Lentulus, for he has left ns in peace. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to...us wordy evidence of the fact — from calling on ns to look through a heap of millet-seed in order to be sure that there is no pearl in it. V. A TOO...
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Irish Monthly, Volume 13

1885 - 686 pages
...FATHER RUSSELL, " To-day, cutting the leaves of George Eliot's latest book, I came upon the sentence ' Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.' This is my justification at present— Ťo, do nojt blame but bless me....
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The New Princeton Review, Issue 6

Christianity - 1888 - 438 pages
...please to say is worth saying." He would endorse the sentiment of George Eliot in Theophrastus Such : " Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact." Behind the word, as he holds, is the idea; behind the style is the subject-matter, and nothing is gained...
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A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors ...

Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 720 pages
...that he has wherewithal to pay. 5293 Lord Chesterfield : Letters to Tlis Son. Bath, Oct. 19, 1748. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. 5294 George Eliot : T1teophrastus Such. Ch. 6. No one would talk much in society if he only knew how...
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Studies in Literature and Style

Theodore Whitefield Hunt - Literary style - 1890 - 304 pages
...please to say is worth saying." He would endorse the sentiment of George Eliot in "Theophrastus Such": " Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact." Behind the word, as he holds, is the idea; behind the style is the subject-matter, and nothing is gained...
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About Men: what Women Have Said

Calendars - 1895 - 218 pages
...He would be the man who had the most power and the fewest selfish wants. Felix Holt. ffourtb 2>ag. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains...giving us wordy evidence of the fact — from calling us to look through a heap of millet-seed in order to be sure there is no pearl in it. Theophrastus...
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Men in Epigram: Views of Maids, Wives, Widows, and Other Amateurs and ...

Epigrams - 1899 - 244 pages
...their cares, and seem as uneasy without some fret as an old friar would be without his hair-girdle. BLESSED is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. GEORGE ELIOT. A father made no effort to save the infant Moses, but a mother's care hid him while concealment...
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Lean's Collectanea, Volume 3

Vincent Stuckey Lean - Folklore - 1903 - 548 pages
...OP, vii. 337. Qui n'ayme mieulx paix che guerre, N'est pas digne de vivre guere. — Meurier, 1558. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. — Geo. Eliot, Theoph. Such., iv., ad fin. Blessings on the man who invented sleep, it wraps a man...
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Proverbial Wisdom: Proverbs, Maxims and Ethical Sentences, of Interest to ...

Abram N. Coleman - Maxims - 1903 - 310 pages
...speech they know to be useless — nay, the speech they have resolved not to utter. George Eliot. 61. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving no wordy evidence of the fact. George Eliot. 62. Long talking begets short hearing, for people go away....
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