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Robert Leighton: Good words do more than hard speeches, as the sunbeams, without any noise, will…

Good words do more than hard speeches, as the sunbeams, without any noise, will make the traveler cast off his cloak, which all the blustering winds could not do, but only make him bind it closer to him.

In today’s wordsKind words do more than harsh speeches, like the sunbeams that quietly make a traveler take off his cloak, which all the blustering winds could only make him hold tighter.

Robert LeightonCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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