Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision...In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker.
Interpretation
Clear communication reflects clear thinking.
This quote emphasizes the connection between clarity in speech and clarity in thought. David Lloyd George suggests that those who express themselves in a confused manner often lack precision in their thinking, and that the ability to articulate thoughts clearly is a hallmark of mental acuity and understanding.
In practice
In a public speaking event to remind attendees of the importance of clear communication.
The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation - the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.
Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.
If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.
What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.
What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.
The home front is always underrated by Generals in the field. And yet that is where the Great War was won and lost. The Russian, Bulgarian, Austrian and German home fronts fell to pieces before their armies collapsed.
The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again and that is well but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.
It is not on the pinnacle of success and ease where men and women grow most. It is often down in the valley of heartache and disappointment and reverses where men and women grow.
To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.
I don't believe in charmed lives. I think that tragedy is part of the lesson you learn to lift yourself up, to pick yourself up and to move on.
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it; for no species of falsehood is more frequent than flattery, to which the coward is betrayed by fear, the dependent by interest, and the friend by tenderness: those who are neither servile nor timorous are yet desirous to bestow pleasure; and, while unjust demands of praise continue to be made, there will always be some whom hope, fear, or kindness will dispose to pay them.
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