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«For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.»

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (Writer) | Keywords: been, For, for all, have, his pen, might-have-been, might, pen, penned, sad, saddest, these, tongue, tongued, words

«Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence»

Author: Will Henry | Keywords: fools, men, regret, silence, their, wise, Wise Men, words

«However many holy words you read,However many you speak,What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?»

Author: Buddha | Keywords: act, acting out, act on, act out, act upon, Do, good, good will, holy, however, many, read, Read only, speak, speaking in, speaks in, speak up, spoken word, Them, they, words

«Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.»

Author: Buddha | Keywords: a thousand, better, bettered, bettering, betters, bringing up, brings, bring on, hollow, hollowing, hollows, one, peace, Than, thousand, word, wording, words, word for word

«Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often»

Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: action, louder, more often than not, nearly, often, oftenest, speaking in, speaks, speaks in, speak up, spoken word, Than, words

«I'll explain, and I'll be sure to use small words so that you'll be sure to understand. You wart-hog-faced-buffoon!»

Author: The Princess Bride | Keywords: buffoon, buffoons, explain, faced, face up, hog, small, sure, understand, use, wart, words

«Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.»

Author: Albert Einstein (Physicist) | Keywords: attention, attentions, deeds, fix, fixes, fixing, fix it, fix up, listen, with attention, words

«Do not speak thus, Subhuti ! Yes, even then there will be of beings who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will understand their truth. For even at that time, Subhuti, there will be Bodhisattvas. And these Bodhisattvas, Subhuti, will not»

Author: Buddha | Keywords: beings, Bodhisattvas, even, speak, spoken word, Subhuti, sutra, taught, their, these, thus, understand, words, yes

«All words are prejudices»

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche (Critic, Philosopher, Scholar) | Keywords: prejudiced, prejudices, words

«By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.»

Author: Winston Churchill (Author, Orator, Prime Minister) | Keywords: ever, evil, harmed, harming, harms, has, His, most evil, Much Evil, No One, stomach, stomachs, Swallowing, swallow up, unsaid, unsay, words

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