My dear Tiberius, you must not give way to youthful emotion or take it to heart if anyone speaks ill of me; let us be satisfied if we can make people stop short at unkind words.

Augustus

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Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.

Confucius

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A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.

Confucius

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When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.

Confucius

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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Confucius

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We are masters of the unsaid words but slaves of those we let slip out.

Winston Churchill

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