Quote by Henry Adams
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is vicious. – Henry Adams

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As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable, domestic, bourgeois, middle-class, and tiresome. There is absolutely nothing to revile except that its a bore. – Henry Adams

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

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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. – Chinese Proverb

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

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