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A word from the mouth, a stone from a sling.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about word

A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about word

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

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about word

A word and a stone once launched cannot be recalled.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about word

There would be no ill word if it were not ill taken.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about word

The spoken word sometimes loses what silence has won.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about silence, word

A good word extinguishes more than a pailful of water.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about word, water, good, good luck

Keeping a woman to her word is like trying to hold an eel by its tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about word, woman

Ten tongues that spread the word are worth less than two eyes that have seen, and two eyes that have seen are worth less than one hand that feels.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai about eyes, word

Knowing just one word of wisdom is like knowing a hundred ordinary words.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about word, wisdom

An Englishman's word is his bond.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

A true word needs no oath.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about oath, word

What is salt to tasteless food, what is a word to a foolish head?

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about food, word, heads

A spoken word, carved wood.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

A friendly word is better than a heavy cake.

Proverbs and old sayings Ukrainian about word

With a friendly word you get farther than with a club.

Proverbs and old sayings Ukrainian about word, contentment

You can get farther with a friendly word than with a club.

Proverbs and old sayings Ukrainian about word, contentment

The word enough does not exist for water, fire, and women.

Proverbs and old sayings Ukrainian about word, fire, fire brigade, water

A blow passes on, a spoken word lingers on.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about word