The basic observations and socio-logic

NOTHINGNESS/EMPTINESS YIELDS/LOSES NOTHING

the effect of concrete things > the effect of words, thanks, music, prayers or curses

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: DS V

Wander,K.F.W.: Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon V 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 429. Proverb number(s) on page: 736, 744. Proverb on page: 404. Proverb number(s) on page: 130, 141.

Ein gutes Wort bricht einem kein Bein.

Abbreviation: RP

Champion, Selwyn Gurney: Racial Proverbs. 2nd ed. 1950 London. glob>ENG*

Proverb on page: 537. Proverb number(s) on page: 2.

Abbreviation: Stra

Strauss, Emanuel: Dictionary of European Proverbs 1994 New York: Routledge /Questia.com. ENG,GER,FR,SPA,ITA,LAT

Proverb number(s): 51.

Hard words break no bones / Worte schlagen die Leute nicht / Les paroles ne tuent pas