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If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
A word to the wise is infuriating.
A word to the wise is infuriating.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
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.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.
But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus said; but speak
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But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus said; but speak
forth the words of truth and soberness.
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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.