Words spoken in an evening the wind carrieth away.

Meaning: Careless evening talk dissolves into irrelevance like dispersed wind, so thoughtless words lack lasting consequence.

Origin: From 'A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases' (1870). Public domain.

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