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Saying / Proverb★★★★

Listen a hundred times. Ponder a thousand times. Speak once.

— Source Unknown

Source Unknown.

The point

Careful listening and thought should far outweigh speaking.

Scripture
James 1:19
Audience
Adults
To tell aloud
under a minute · 10 words
Subjects
ListeningWisdomCommunicationSpeech

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