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Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue; words once spoken cannot be taken back.
Zeno of Citium · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers · paraphrase
What it means today

A word, unlike a step, cannot be retracted. Guard the tongue more carefully than the feet, because its missteps are permanent.

Try this todayPause before one thing you are about to say today, and consider whether it can be taken back.
Today’s questionHave I been guarding my feet more carefully than my tongue?
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