human
There is in mankind an universal contract implied in all their intercourses; and _words being instituted to declare the mind, and for no other end_, he that hears me speak hath a right in justice to be done him, that, as far as I can, what I speak be true; for else he by words does not know your mind, and then as good and better not speak at all.
gpt
None is more able for, yet none is more averse to, that circumlocution and contrivance wherewith some men shadow their main drift and purpose. _Speech was made to open man to man, and not to hide him_; to promote commerce, and not betray it.
human
In short, this seems to be the true inward judgment of all our politick sages, that _speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind, but to wise men whereby to conceal it_.
gpt
Modern Politician,
human
He (the modern politician) believes a man's words and his meanings should never agree together: for he that says what he thinks lays himself open to be expounded by the most ignorant; and _he who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than discover the sense of his heart_, deserves to have it pulled out, like a traitor's, and shown publicly to the rabble.
gpt
When Nature's end of language is declin'd, And men talk only to _conceal their mind_.
human
Le Chapon et la Poularde,
gpt
Ils n'emploient les paroles que pour _déguiser leurs pensées_.
human
Men who know the world hold that the true use of speech is not so much to _express_ our wants, as to _conceal_ them.
gpt
La parole n'a été donnée à l'homme que pour _déguiser sa pensée_.