#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

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

There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the words, it's the music to the words and the shape and the sound. ↗

— Gary Ross

#just #meaning #meaning of #music #rhyme

When he was born, I looked at my little boy and felt an unconditional love I never knew was inside me. As he grew, and I watched him stagger about, squeak his first words, and turn into a beautiful little boy, that feeling did not change. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#beautiful #born #boy #change #conditional love

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#bad #country #country music #like #momma

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#different #different meaning #differently #effects #meaning