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Jump over a log but not over your neighbor's word.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

What is the longest word in the English language?

Smiles. (There a mile between the first and last letter. )

Riddles

What is the only 6-letter word in the English language that gives you 12 when you take away 1?

Dozens.

Riddles

An old man may miss his target with a stone but never with his word.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about word, man, old, olderness

You know a man by the sweat of his brow and the strength of his word.

Proverbs and old sayings about word, man, contentment

If you have ploughed with oxen, married a widow and never said a bad word - surely you go to heaven.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about word, bad luck, bad, contentment

For every hundred lashes needed by the foolish, only one word is needed by the wise.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

It is easier to catch an escaped horse than to take back an escaped word.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about trap, word

Never in speech with a foolish knave shouldst thou waste a single word.

Proverbs and old sayings about waste, word

Taking the first step with the good thought, the second with the good word, and the third with the good deed, I enter paradise.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about paradise, thinking, good, good luck, word

Every promise is a debt and is owed, blessed is he who keeps his word.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about promise, word

Salt comes from north, gold from south and silver from the land of Whites, but the Word of God, the famous things, histories and fairy tales, we only find them in Timbuktu.

Proverbs and old sayings about fairy tales, word, things, god

When a mother calls her child bastard, you can take her word for it.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about word, children, mother, contentment

One picture is worth a thousand words.

Proverbs and old sayings British about word

Actions speak louder than words.

Proverbs and old sayings British about word

Stones decay; words last.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

A bad cause requires many words.

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