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Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.
My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.
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 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.
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.
The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
Tears are words the heart can't express
Tears are words the heart can't express
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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.)
