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Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.
Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.
'Tis a word that's quickly spoken,
Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.
'Tis a word that's quickly spoken,
Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.
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.
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.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.
Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.
Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.
Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.
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.
You have only, when before you glass, to keep pronouncing to
yourself nimini-pimini; the lips cannot keep taking their read more
You have only, when before you glass, to keep pronouncing to
yourself nimini-pimini; the lips cannot keep taking their plie.