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Abd el-Kader: It is with a word as with an arrow: the arrow once loosed does not return to…

It is with a word as with an arrow: the arrow once loosed does not return to the bow; nor a word to the lips.

In today’s wordsA word is like an arrow: once it's loosed, it doesn't return to the bow, and a word doesn't return to the lips.

Abd el-KaderCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Many Thoughts of Many Minds, compiled by Henry Southgate, 1862

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