Musar for Nedarim 43:4

ולא פתחינן בהדא אחרנייתא דאמר רבה בר בר חנה אמר רבי יוחנן מאי פתח ליה רבן גמליאל לההוא סבא יש בוטה כמדקרות חרב ולשון חכמים מרפא כל הבוטה ראוי לדוקרו בחרב; אלא לשון חכמים מרפא.

He who speaketh [a vow] is worthy of being pierced by the sword, but that the tongue of the wise [i.e., absolution] health. Nor do we suggest the following, viz., what was taught, R. Nathan said: One who vows is as though he built a high place,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For sacrifice — this being forbidden since the building of Solomon's Temple. ');">⁷</span> and he who fulfils it is as though he sacrificed thereon. Now the first [half] may be given as an opening,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Merely building a high place without sacrificing is not so heinous all offence, and therefore the suggestion is not so terrifying. ');">⁸</span>

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