If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two.
Proverbs and old sayings about silence, word
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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
Who takes an eel by the tail and a woman at her word, may say he holds nothing.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about word, woman, nothing
A man's word is his honor.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about word, man
The second word makes the fray.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about word
A word can't be recalled once spoken.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about word
One kind word can warm 3 winter months.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about word
One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about word
