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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.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
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.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
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.)
Words, without power, is mere philosophy.
Words, without power, is mere philosophy.
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.
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.
No words are necessary between two loving hearts
No words are necessary between two loving hearts