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.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain

Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

That blessed word Mesopotamia.

That blessed word Mesopotamia.

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

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.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
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Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arises
from words.

A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arises
from words.