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The word of the king is the king of words.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

More than one war has been caused by a single word.

Proverbs and old sayings about war, word

If you speak the word it shall own you, and if you don't you shall own it.

Proverbs and old sayings about word, contentment

They have sowed the seed of the word tomorrow and it has not germinated.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

Proverbs and old sayings about word, contentment

While the word is yet unspoken, you are master of it; when once it is spoken, it is master of you.

Proverbs and old sayings about word, contentment

A man says his word to the face.

Proverbs and old sayings Azere about word, face, man

The word that remains in the belly does not mean anything.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

The word of a powerful man is the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings about word, truth, man

The bull should be taken by the horns, a man at his word.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about word, man

A well educated man always has a kind word to say about the place where he spends the night.

Proverbs and old sayings Berber about word, night, man

He who heeds the first word of his wife must listen forever to the second.

Proverbs and old sayings Bosnian about word, wife

Ye should be a king of your word.

Proverbs and old sayings British about word

An eel by his tail, an Irishman at his word.

Proverbs and old sayings British about word

A man that breaks his word, bids others be false to him.

Proverbs and old sayings British about word, man

A gentle word opens an iron gate.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word

One gentle word opens a gate of iron.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word

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

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word

A Word makes no hole, a pinch tears no underskirt.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about tears, word

A word about to be spoken is like a stone that is ready to be thrown.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word