Marcia GruverSweet talk's like salt. You can add some later, if need be, but if you pour out too much, you can't sift it out again.
About This Quote
A line from a well-known poem by William Shakespeare, in which a character describes the sweetness of a woman's talk as being like salt. In other words, once one has been overly kind or flattering, it is difficult to recover from the damage.
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