human
Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse. Not more distinct from harmony divine, The constant creaking of a country sign.
gpt
If in talking from morning till night, A sign of our wisdom it be, The swallows are wiser by right, For they prattle much faster than we.
human
The talking lion of the evening circle, observes an English writer,
gpt
He that cannot refrain from much speaking, says Sir W. Raleigh,
human
As it is the characteristic, says Lord Chesterfield,
gpt
The evil of this (much speaking), says Bishop Taylor,
human
This was, as Taylor observes,
gpt
The wiser course for you to adopt is the practice of silence for a time, as a discipline for the correction of the fault into which you have fallen. Pray as did the Psalmist,
human
Put a guard, O Lord, unto my mouth, and a door unto my lips.
gpt
He did not ask for a wall, as St. Gregory remarks,