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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.
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
'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.
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me,
in faith and love which is read more
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me,
in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
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.)
