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.

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.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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.

The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
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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.)

Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

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.

Words of love, are works of love.

Words of love, are works of love.

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.