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I thought it was something along the lines of "sticks and stones may break my bones but words can break hearts" Basically, the pen is stronger than the sword,
by wodenokoto 5y ago
I thought it was something along the lines of "sticks and stones may break my bones but words can break hearts"
Basically, the pen is stronger than the sword, kind of morale.
- mkr-hn 5y agoI've never heard that one, but it might be a regional variant. I always heard the other one.
- andytruett 5y agoI grew up with 'words can never hurt me', but this variant is my favorite: Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will hurt forever.
- wodenokoto 5y agoI'm not a native speaker, so almost every time I hear that phrase it ends after "sticks and stones", because on TV and movies, that's usually enough for the intended audience. After Googling, I think I might have picked up this version from Tim Minchins song "prejudice" [1] although Google also come up with this clip where a senator also use the "break my heart" version, clearly when it was meant for him to say "never harm" [2] 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw 2: https://youtu.be/QoMheenRUHM?t=92 https://youtu.be/QoMheenRUHM?t=92