#word

Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#female #genitals #had #hard #inadvertently

At the end of the day, the only things that are shovel ready around here are the words coming out of Barack Obama and Joe Biden's mouth. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#barack #barack obama #coming #day #end

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#i #i think #know #lousy #only

In plain words: now that Britain has told the world that she has the H-Bomb she should announce as early as possible that she has done with it, that she proposes to reject in all circumstances nuclear warfare. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#britain #circumstances #done #early #now

When deeds speak, words are nothing. ↗

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

#deeds #nothing #speak #words

The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" - are those which require the most thought. ↗

— Pythagoras

#oldest #require #shortest #those #thought

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. ↗

— Pythagoras

#deal #few #great #great deal #hazard

Silence is better than unmeaning words. ↗

— Pythagoras

#silence #than #words

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few. ↗

— Pythagoras

#few #great #great deal #little #many

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety." ↗

— Francis Quarles

#fearful #heart #lest #prudence #satiety