Water and words are easy to pour but impossible to recover
Similar sayings:
- Many books do not use up words; many words do not use up thoughts Many books do not use up words; many words do not use up thoughts
- Slow in word, swift in deed Slow in word, swift in deed
- Swiftest horse cannot overtake the word once spoken Swiftest horse cannot overtake the word once spoken
- Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life and the neglected opportunity. Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life and the neglected opportunity.
- Easy to enroll a thousand soldiers But, ah, one general! Easy to enroll a thousand soldiers But, ah, one general!
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