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• "Good words are worth much, and cost little."
  By: ^ George Herbert Jacula Prudentum
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• "But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think."
  By: ^ George Gordon Byron
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• "A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day."
  By: ^ Emily Dickinson A Word is Dead
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• "Often when I write I am trying to make words do the work of line and color. I have the painter's sensitivity to light. Much ... of my writing is verbal painting."
  By: ^ Elizabeth Bowen in Elizabeth Bowen by Glendinning
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• "Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure."
  By: ^ Edward Thorndike
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• "In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better."
  By: ^ Edward de Bono Serious Creativity
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• "Words are the most powerful thing in the universe... Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind."
  By: ^ Charles Capps
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• "However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?"
  By: ^ Buddha
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• "Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning."
  By: ^ Benjamin Franklin
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• "A writer lives in awe of words for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator."
  By: ^ Anonymous
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• "Watch your thoughts, they become your words Watch your words, they become your actions Watch your actions, they become your habits Watch your habits, they become your character Watch your character, it becomes your destiny."
  By: ^ Anonymous
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• "The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake The five most important words: You did a good job The four most important words: What is your opinion? The three most important words: If you please The two most important words: Thank you The one least important word: I."
  By: ^ Anonymous
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• "If language is as inextricably tied up with consciousness as it seems to be, then the continuing diminishment of our inclination to use it to express in letters the times in which we live could mean that an element of human consciousness itself is on the verge of disappearing."
  By: ^ Anonymous
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• "Be careful of the words you say, Keep them short and sweet. You never know, from day to day, Which ones you'll have to eat."
  By: ^ Anonymous
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• "One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."
  By: ^ Voltaire
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• "It is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn."
  By: ^ Robert Southey
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