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Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.
Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.
My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.
My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
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.
The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience read more
The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience gleans,
The saddest are: "It might have beans."
(The did not make this up myself:
'Twas in a book upon my shelf.
It's witty, but I don't deny
It's rather Whittier than I.)
Words, as a Tartar's bow, do not shoot back upon the
understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and read more
Words, as a Tartar's bow, do not shoot back upon the
understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert
the judgment.
