The Not Speaking Profitless Words

The Not Speaking Profitless Words

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Words without sense, while chafe the wise,

Who babbles, him will all despise.

Meanings :-

He who to the disgust of many speaks useless things will be despised by all.

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2

Words without sense, where many wise men hear, to pour

Than deeds to friends ungracious done offendeth more.

Meanings :-

To speak useless things in the presence of many is a greater evil than to do unkind things towards friends.

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3

Diffusive speech of useless words proclaims

A man who never righteous wisdom gains.

Meanings :-

That conversation in which a man utters forth useless things will say of him "he is without virtue."

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4

Unmeaning, worthless words, said to the multitude,

To none delight afford, and sever men from good.

Meanings :-

The words devoid of profit or pleasure which a man speaks will, being inconsistent with virtue, remove him from goodness.

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5

Gone are both fame and boasted excellence,

When men of worth speak of words devoid of sense.

Meanings :-

If the good speak vain words their eminence and excellence will leave them.

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6

Who makes display of idle words' inanity,

Call him not man, -chaff of humanity!

Meanings :-

Call not him a man who parades forth his empty words. Call him the chaff of men.

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7

Let those who list speak things that no delight afford,

'Tis good for men of worth to speak no idle word.

Meanings :-

Let the wise if they will, speak things without excellence; it will be well for them not to speak useless things.

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8

The wise who weigh the worth of every utterance,

Speak none but words of deep significance.

Meanings :-

The wise who seek after rare pleasures will not speak words that have not much weight in them.

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9

The men of vision pure, from wildering folly free,

Not e'en in thoughtless hour, speak words of vanity.

Meanings :-

Those wise men who are without faults and are freed from ignorance will not even forgetfully speak things that profit not.

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10

If speak you will, speak words that fruit afford,

If speak you will, speak never fruitless word.

Meanings :-

Speak what is useful, and speak not useless words.

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