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What harm is there in a good word? It costs nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings German about word, nothing, good, good luck

How many daily read the Word, and yet from vice are not deterred.

Proverbs and old sayings German about vice, word

Who takes an eel by the tail or a woman by her word, grasp as he will, holds nothing fast.

Proverbs and old sayings German about fasting, word, woman, nothing

A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about season, word

One word spoken in anger may spoil an entire life.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about anger, word, life

Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the like shalt thou bear.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about word

If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two.

Proverbs and old sayings about silence, word

An angry word is like striking with a knife.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

An ox can be taken by his horn, a man by his word.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about word, man

A promise is a nice word, if kept then it is all right.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about promise, word, rightness

The word of a woman is a bundle of water.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about word, woman, water

A good word never broke a tooth.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about word, good, good luck

A kind word never broke anyone's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about word

A thorn, a hound's tooth, a fool's word: these are the three sharpest things.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about word, things

One word brings on another.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about word

Not every word requires an answer.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about word

Many a true word in spoken in jest.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about word

Among men of honour a word is a bond.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about honour, word, man

Even the fool says a wise word sometimes.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about word

One good word quenches more heat than a bucket of water.

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