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Words Quotes by Plutarch
- Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some…
- Words will build no walls.
- Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.
- For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I somehow…
- In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
More Words Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and… — Rowan Atkinson
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — Margaret Atwood
- The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. — Wystan Hugh Auden