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How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
reprove?
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
reprove?
Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd,
The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.
Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd,
The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.
It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into read more
It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into the enemy.
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.
Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.
Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.
The tongue of a man is his sword and effective speech is stronger
than all fighting.
The tongue of a man is his sword and effective speech is stronger
than all fighting.
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.