A soft answer turneth away wrath

A gentle reply to someone who is angry will pacify that person. This saying comes from the Book of Proverbs in the Bible (see also Bible).

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"But," said Prissy, "perhaps you forgot that a soft answer turneth away wrath?"

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"And remember that a soft answer turneth away wrath."

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Let us remember, "that a soft answer turneth away wrath," and that the "beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water,"—we cannot tell where it will stop.

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"A soft answer turneth away wrath," and a generous confession oftentimes more than atones for the fault which requires it.

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Even when Brenda and Belle most annoyed her, she hesitated to say sharp things to them, remembering that "A soft answer turneth away wrath."

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