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Words cutt more than swords.
James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659)
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Words cutt more than swords.
James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659)
[compiler]More about this quote: wist.info/howell-james/83382/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jameshowell #cruelty #cutting #fightingwords #gossip #hatespeech #insult #language #rhetoric #sharpness #slander #speech #sword #verbalabuse #words #wound
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Words cutt more than swords.
James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659)
[compiler]More about this quote: wist.info/howell-james/83382/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jameshowell #cruelty #cutting #fightingwords #gossip #hatespeech #insult #language #rhetoric #sharpness #slander #speech #sword #verbalabuse #words #wound
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Words cutt more than swords.
James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659)
[compiler]More about this quote: wist.info/howell-james/83382/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jameshowell #cruelty #cutting #fightingwords #gossip #hatespeech #insult #language #rhetoric #sharpness #slander #speech #sword #verbalabuse #words #wound
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Sometimes, but only sometimes, it just feels too good to be old and an ‘80s teen when something like this shows up. You get those shivers of nostalgia and a gleaming pixel in the corner of your eye. What an astonishing piece of art and cheers for the 40 years of digital excellence!🕹️✨
Razor1911
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AnbYNudAyMCreated by Anat, @Dubmood, @goto80 and Flopine
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Queen strikes me as the musical equivalent of Pavarotti singing "my dog and my truck" country music. I cheerfully acknowledge the talent involved, but the uses to which it's being put...
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I wish #politicians would stop using #fightingWords. I wish they would stop #demonising their political opponents.
I am, of course, aiming this remark at the #Republican politicians. But then, are they deserving of the moniker "politicians", or are they merely "cultists"....
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A quotation from Lewis, Sinclair:
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There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/lewis-sinclair/31024/#quote #quotes #quotation #ease #ego #fightingwords #impertinence #insult #misfortune #offense #outrage #pride #senseofhumor #trouble
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A quotation from Lewis, Sinclair:
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There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/lewis-sinclair/31024/#quote #quotes #quotation #ease #ego #fightingwords #impertinence #insult #misfortune #offense #outrage #pride #senseofhumor #trouble
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A quotation from Lewis, Sinclair:
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There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/lewis-sinclair/31024/#quote #quotes #quotation #ease #ego #fightingwords #impertinence #insult #misfortune #offense #outrage #pride #senseofhumor #trouble
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A quotation from Lewis, Sinclair:
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There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/lewis-sinclair/31024/#quote #quotes #quotation #ease #ego #fightingwords #impertinence #insult #misfortune #offense #outrage #pride #senseofhumor #trouble
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A quotation from Lewis, Sinclair:
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There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/lewis-sinclair/31024/#quote #quotes #quotation #ease #ego #fightingwords #impertinence #insult #misfortune #offense #outrage #pride #senseofhumor #trouble
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My egregore can beat up your egregore
#meme #egregore #MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad #FightingWords #salt #QueensburyRules