Fair words will not keep a cat from starving.

More proverbs about Communication

• Good words cool more than cold water. Kind speech soothes anger and distress more effectively than external comfort ever could.
• Good words fill not a sack. Eloquent speech alone cannot sustain you; you need material provisions and practical acti…
• Many words will not fill a bushel. Excessive talk produces nothing tangible; abundance of speech cannot substitute for concr…
• Soft words hurt not the mouth. Gentle speech costs nothing to speak and risks no harm through careless words.
• Wounds may heal, but not those made by ill words. Physical injuries fade while harsh speech leaves permanent emotional scars impossible to…
• Say no ill of the year till it is passed. Withhold judgment on circumstances until their full course concludes, as premature critic…