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Evil words corrupt good manners.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about corruption, word, good, good luck

The words are fair, said the wolf, but I will not come into the village.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about word

A plaster house, a horse at grass, a friend in words, are all mere glass.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about word, home, house

Evil words fill some with astonishment.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about word

Silence is more than just a lack of words.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about silence, word

A man with two ears can be supported by two words.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about word, man

Hard words break no bones.

Proverbs and old sayings English about word

Use soft words and hard arguments.

Proverbs and old sayings English about use, word

Deeds are fruits, words are leaves.

Proverbs and old sayings English about deeds, word

Good words cool more than cold water.

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

One picture is worth ten thousand words.

Proverbs and old sayings English about word

If words could only speak, they'd mean even less.

Proverbs and old sayings English about word

The bird is known by his note, the man by his words.

Proverbs and old sayings English about word, man

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

Proverbs and old sayings English about deeds, garden, word, man

Rather weigh the will of the speaker, than the worth of the words.

Proverbs and old sayings English about word

A picture is worth a thousand words, and yet picture books are for infants.

Proverbs and old sayings English about books, word

To a person who has real shame, words are oath.

Proverbs and old sayings about oath, real estate, shame, word, people

Big words won't split ones mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about word

A man is valued by his work, not his words.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about work, word, man

With a walking-stick you reach many lands; you reach many more with words.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about word, contentment