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Confucius

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A heart-rending thing has happened. I cannot find any words to express my feelings.
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Words cannot describe how furious I am and all of us are.
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Such words can express how much a picture of you cannot give me the feeling of comfort you once did.
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All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
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Kisses: Words which cannot be written.
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The body says what words cannot.
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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent
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A writer cannot be defined in words.
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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
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person who cannot control his words shows that he cannot control himself, and is unworthy of respect...
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Sick I am of idle words, past all reconciling,
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You cannot apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality
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A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.
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Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back.
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You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.
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The atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words.
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Without words, thought couldn't express itself.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words.
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One cannot be too careful with words, they change their minds just as people do.
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If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.
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The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them.
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The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.
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The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them
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Words lack efficacy when it fails to keep it promises and thus, cannot command respect
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Life is unpredictable.The words "always" and "never ever" cannot be uttered by mortals like us.
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Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you.
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Words cannot describe this. It is just incredible. These kids worked hard and deserve this.
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Tears are words the heart can't express
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Tears are words the heart can't express
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No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world
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Little words hurt big ideas.
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It was very inspiring. Words can't express it.
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Oh my God, words can't express my happiness.
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Words, words. They're all we have to go on.
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For when all else is done, on­ly words re­main. Words en­dure.
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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