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When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do read more
We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
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.
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.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in
due season, how good read more
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in
due season, how good is it!
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with read more
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
