A Rhetorical Perspective on the Sentence Sayings of the ...

One characteristic thrust of Proverbs’ sayings on words is ‘the fewer the better’ (19). Listening is a sign and a means of wisdom; chattering is the opposite (8,10). The words the wise and righteous do speak, however, will be valuable and nourishing expressions of love, capable of also dissolving the power of … ................
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