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The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with read more
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in
due season, how good read more
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in
due season, how good is it!
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.
Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten.
Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to
utter any thing before God; read more
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to
utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon
earth: therefore let thy words be few.
A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arises
from words.
A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arises
from words.