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He who breaks his word shall through his word be broken.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word

The best word is the unspoken word.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

A man, a word; a word, a man.

Proverbs and old sayings German about word, man

In the word is life, in the word is death.

Proverbs and old sayings about word, death, life

The poison for a word is a word.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

True words may not be pleasant, pleasant words may not be true.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Many books do not use up words; many words do not use up thoughts.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about use, books

Give your ears to words but do not give your words to ears.

Proverbs and old sayings

In a good word there are three winters' warmth; in one malicious word there is pain for six frosty months.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about word, pain, good, good luck

Fair words brake never bane, foul words many ane.

Proverbs and old sayings

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about word, man

A kind word can attract even the snake from his nest.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

A kind word opens even the iron doors.

Proverbs and old sayings Bosnian about word

Take a big bite, don't say a big word.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word

Many a true word is spoken in jest

Proverbs and old sayings about word, old, olderness

One kind word can warm three winter months

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about word, old, olderness

A bad wound heals, but a bad word doesn't.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about bad luck, word, bad

A word written stays forever than hundred spoken work.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about word, work

A wound given by a word is many times harder to cure than that which is given by the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about word

A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about word