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Sticks and stones may break my bones

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Sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me).
something that you say which means that people cannot hurt you with bad things they say or write about you. Criticism has never bothered me. Sticks and stones may break my bones, and all that.
See also: bone, break, may, Stick, stone

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