“A cutting word is worse than a bowstring; a cut may heal but the cut of the tongue does not.”
Wounds from cruel words run deeper and last longer than physical injury.
— Traditional Mauritania Wisdom, Mauritania
Source: Traditional Mauritania proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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