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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
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.
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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.
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.
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!
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.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to
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Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to
utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon
earth: therefore let thy words be few.
