Careful Words

sharper (n.)

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is

To have a thankless child!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Lear. Act i. Sc. 4.

No, 't is slander,

Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue

Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath

Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie

All corners of the world.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Cymbeline. Act iii. Sc. 4.