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A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. - Robe

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. – Robert Burton

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Worldly wealth is the Devils bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. – Robert Burton

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He dropped pejoratives like subliminal seasoning. – Jim Bishop

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A word from the mouth is like a stone from a sling. – Proverb

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There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life. – Frederika Bremer

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When I was born I was so surprised I didnt talk for a year and a half. – Gracie Allen

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