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    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.)

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You have only, when before you glass, to keep pronouncing to
yourself nimini-pimini; the lips cannot keep taking their read more

You have only, when before you glass, to keep pronouncing to
yourself nimini-pimini; the lips cannot keep taking their plie.

by Gen. John Burgoyne Found in: Words Quotes,
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One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

by Jack Kerouac Found in: Words Quotes,
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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.

by Joanna Baillie Found in: Words Quotes,
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Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

by George Eliot Found in: Words Quotes,
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Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds;
You can't do that way when you're flying words.
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Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds;
You can't do that way when you're flying words.
"Careful with fire," is good advice we know
"Careful with words," is ten times doubly so.
Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead;
But God Himself can't kill them when they're said.

by Will Carleton Found in: Words Quotes,
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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.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Words Quotes,
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Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

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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.

by Earl Of Roscommon Found in: Words Quotes,
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Words of love, are works of love.

Words of love, are works of love.

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