Quote 2048
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Quotes about Words — 17 Timeless Lines
17 quotes about words, arranged the way they appear in Quote 2048: from the lightest line on the 2 tile to the crown quote on the 2048 tile, and on to 131072 in the app.
All quotes come from public-domain works or traditional proverbs; attributions were checked against their sources.
One word can repay a debt
— Proverb
Birds hear day words, mice hear night words
— Proverb
Words mirror the heart
— Traditional
Words without feet travel a thousand miles
— Proverb
Kind words out, kind words back
— Proverb
The wise are slow to speak, quick to act
— Confucius
Original · Classical Chinese
君子訥於言而敏於行
Silence beats regret
— Traditional
Grasp the matter; words will follow
— Cato the Elder
Original · Latin
Rem tene, verba sequentur.
A sparing tongue is the best treasure
— Hesiod
Those who know do not speak
— Laozi
Original · Classical Chinese
知者不言
Two ears, one mouth: listen more
— Zeno of Citium
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I have made this longer only because I have not had time to make it shorter
— Pascal
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent
— Wittgenstein
Original · German
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.
True words are not beautiful
— Laozi
Original · Classical Chinese
信言不美，美言不信
Spoken words fly away; written words remain
— Latin proverb
Original · Latin
Verba volant, scripta manent.
Right word: lightning; almost: firefly
— Mark Twain
Original · English
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know people
— Confucius
Original · Classical Chinese
不知言，無以知人也
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