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Iliq so'z — shakar, sovuq so'z — zahar.

A warm word is sugar; a cold word is poison.

Kind and gentle words please and nourish people like sugar, while harsh or cold words wound them like poison.

Traditional Uzbekistan Wisdom, Uzbekistan

Source: Traditional Uzbek proverb, public-domain oral tradition (recorded in the n.ziyouz.com Uzbek folk-proverb collection)

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