Variant: What I write is different from what I say, what I say is different from what I think, what I think is different from what I ought to think and so it goes further into the deepest darkness.
“Language the most forcible proceeds from the man who is most sincere. The way to speak with power, or to write words that pierce mankind to the quick, is to speak and write honestly.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 476.
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Source: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, 1987, p. 377
“There are no rules that say lawyers cannot write or speak from their heart.”
Source: How to Argue and Win Every Time (1995), Ch. 7 : The Power of Words, p. 104
Context: There are no rules that say lawyers cannot write or speak from their heart. Passion has never been formally outlawed, although it is a little-known experience among most lawyers and nearly all academicians.
“Speak for the ear and write for the memory.”
Sununu: No quick fix for health costs http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061203/REPOSITORY/612030359, Concord Monitor (December 3, 2006)
For My Legionaries: The Iron Guard (1936), Jewish Problem
“Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.”