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Washington Irving said, "A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." Willian Norris, the American journalist who specialized in simple rhythms that packed a wallop once wrote: If your lips would keep from slips, Five things observe with care: To whom you speak; of whom you speak; And how, and when, and where. Publius, a Greek sage observed, "I have often regretted my speech, never my silence." - Swindoll, Growing Strong