Let’s all be masters of our mouths, so that we won’t be slaves of our words

Once there lived two neighbors Tom & Jack.
One day Jack was angry at Tom for some reason
and started to spread rumors that his neighbor,
Tom was a thief.
As a result, the Tom was arrested.
Days later Tom was proven innocent. After being
released he sued Jack for wrongly accusing him.
In the court Jack told the Judge: “They were just
words, didn’t harm anyone.”
The judge told Jack: “Write all the things you said
about him on a piece of paper. Cut them up and on
the way home, throw the pieces of paper out.
Tomorrow, come back to hear the sentence.”
Next day, the judge told Jack: “Before I tell you the
judgement, you will have to go out and gather all
the pieces of paper that you threw out yesterday,
otherwise you will be hanged.”
Jack said: “I can’t do that ! The wind spread them and
I won’t know where to find them.”
The judge then replied: “The same way, simple
words may destroy the honor of a man to such an
extent that one is not able to fix it. If you can’t speak
well of someone, rather don’t say anything.”
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Moral: “Let’s all be masters of our mouths, so that we won’t be slaves of our words. “