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'Tis a word that's quickly spoken,
Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.
'Tis a word that's quickly spoken,
Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
reprove?
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
reprove?
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 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.
You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
Stealing someone else's words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own.
Stealing someone else's words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own.
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?