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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.
Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.
Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.
They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, That all of thee we loved and cherished Has with thy summer roses read more
They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, That all of thee we loved and cherished Has with thy summer roses perished; And left, as its young beauty fled, An ashen memory in its stead.
Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good read more
Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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.
Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten.
Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten.
A word to the wise is infuriating.
A word to the wise is infuriating.
Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not read more
Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.
