“Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.”

Maxim 1073
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Sept. 14, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he." by Publilio Siro?

Publilio Siro112

Latin writer

Related quotes

“One who has not found peace within himself will forever be giving speeches about peace. This world is a pulpit upon which man preaches, and there is no end to this talk! For millions of years man has been speaking this way, but he has not come forward to first find peace within himself. There is no use in making speeches. Man must acquire the qualities of God and live in that state. Only then can he speak of peace, only then can he speak the speech of God and dispense the justice of God's kingdom.”

Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1900–1986) Sri Lankan Sufi leader

“Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself—like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.”

Jean Kerr (1922–2003) Irish-American author and playwright

"How to Talk to a Man"
The Snake Has All the Lines (1960)

“He gave them speech, and they became souls”

Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) English mathematician and philosopher

Modes of Thought (1938).
1930s
Context: The mentality of mankind and the language of mankind created each other. If we like to assume the rise of language as a given fact, then it is not going too far to say that the souls of men are the gift from language to mankind. The account of the sixth day should be written: He gave them speech, and they became souls.

“So do not speak to me of souls when you have never seen one, man.”

Roger Zelazny book Jack of Shadows

Source: Jack of Shadows (1971), Chapter 6 (p. 63)