Many state and local governments have elections tomorrow. Politicians making last- minute speeches might benefit from this 500-year-old wisdom.
Words which do not satisfy the ear of the hearer weary him or vex him, and the symptoms of this you will often see in such hearers in their frequent yawns. You, therefore, who speak before men whose good will you desire, when you see such an excess of fatigue, abridge your speech, or change your disourse; and if you do otherwise, then instead of the favor your desire you will receive dislike and hostility—Leonardo da Vinci