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You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. Gustave Flaubert

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. Jane Austen

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one. Scottish Proverb

He who loiters hears ill spoken of himself. Mexican Proverb

A house filled with guests is eaten up and ill spoken of. Spanish Proverb

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spoken for spoken informal kind of language spoken language spoken of earlier spoken paraphrase of tanakh spoken pause