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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
reprove?
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
reprove?
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in
his heart: his words were softer read more
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in
his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn
swords.
Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.
Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to
utter any thing before God; read more
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to
utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon
earth: therefore let thy words be few.
