“The tongue, the Chinese say,
is like a sharp knife:
it kills
without drawing blood.”
Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States
"The Dead Heart"
The Awful Rowing Toward God (1975)
“Listen sharp, think deep, and guard your tongue- Tam al'Thor”
— Robert Jordan, book The Eye of the World
Source: The Eye of the World
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“If on your guards your lingering hopes repose,
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To thy quick nerves a never-ending sting;
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Of all your craft th' inevitable fate.
The hour is come, the world's unclosing eyes
Discern with rapture where its wisdom lies;
From western heav'ns th' inverted Orient springs,
The morn of man, the dreadful night of kings.
Dim, like the day-struck owl, ye grope in light,
No arm for combat, no resource in sight;
If on your guards your lingering hopes repose,
Your guards are men, and men you've made your foes;
If to your rocky ramparts ye repair,
De Launay's fate can tell your fortune there.
No turn, no shift, no courtly arts avail,
Each mask is broken, all illusions fail;
Driv'n to your last retreat of shame and fear,
One counsel waits you, one relief is near :
By worth internal, rise to self-wrought fame,
Your equal rank, your human kindred claim;
'Tis Reason's choice, 'tis Wisdom's final plan,
To drop the monarch and assume the man.
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Source: Hilkhot De'ot (Laws Concerning Character Traits), Chapter 7, Section 6, pp. 51-52