Once upon a time an old man and a young man were living nearby.<>
The old man spread rumors that his young neighbor was a thief.<>
As a result, the young man was arrested by the police and brought to magistrate.<>
Days later the young man was proven innocent.<>
After been released he sued the old man for wrongly accusing him. <>
In court the old man told the Judge:<>
He just made comments, didn’t harm anyone..<>
The judge, before passing sentence on the case, told the old man:<>
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.<>
The next day, the judge told the old man:<>
Before receiving the sentence, you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper that you threw out yesterday.<>
The old man 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 comments 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 anythıng.”<>
Let’s all be masters of our mouths, so that we won’t be slaves of our words.<>
