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The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.
As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.
As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.
That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.
That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.
Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.
Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.
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.
He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat
to him the words read more
He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat
to him the words of gods.
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.
Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of read more
Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why --but the editorialists forget it --terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking.
