A soft answer turneth away wrath
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Aeschylus was as familiar as Solomon with the proverb, "A soft answer turneth away wrath," but no one can say to what precursor sage both men owed the saying.
From Time Magazine Archive
A soft answer turneth away wrath;" then to Yaspard he said, "Now, Sir Viking, for your letter.
From Viking Boys by Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby
"A soft answer turneth away wrath," and a generous confession oftentimes more than atones for the fault which requires it.
From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Hester Chapone
Centuries ago the following truth was written: "Whom the gods would destroy they first make angry," and in the same era there was also given us another truth: "A soft answer turneth away wrath."
From Dollars and Sense by William Crosbie Hunter
"A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger."
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Francis Augustus Cox
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