A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.
More African Proverbs:
A comb becomes bad when it hurts you.African
When a man says he does not mind, then he really does.
African
When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.
African
Not the place where I was born but where I hang my hat is home.
African
A stranger has big eyes but sees nothing.
African
The eye envies, not the ear.
African