"That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man,
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman." »William Shakespeare, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", Act 3 scene 1
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"Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like thy sword in thy scabbard; if vented, the sword is in another?s hand.* If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue." »Francis Quarles
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"The pen is the tongue of the mind." »Miguel de Cervantes
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"I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue." »Dolly Payne Todd Madison
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"Better the foot slip than the tongue." »French Proverb
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"A man's ruin lies in his tongue." »Egyptian Proverb
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"Of all sad words of tongue and pen the saddest are these, what might have been." »John Greenleaf Whittier
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"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these 'It might have been'" »John Greenleaf Whittier
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"Be slow of tongue and quick of eye." »Miguel de Cervantes
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"For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, "It might have been!"" »John Greenleaf Whittier
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"Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf." »American Indian Proverb
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"Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf." »American Indian Proverb
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"My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged." »Euripides
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"The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath." »The Talmud
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"Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say." »Charles Caleb Colton
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"It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue." »Greek Proverb
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"Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue." »Hesiod
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"We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less." »Laertius Diogenes
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"Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know' and thou shalt progress." »Moses Ben Maimon Maimonides
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"The tongue weighs practically nothing, But so few people can hold it." »Unknown
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"Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage." »Publilius Syrus
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"No sword bites so fiercly as an evil tongue." »Sir Philip Sidney
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"The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment." »Proverbs 12:19, The King James Bible
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"While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head." »William Shakespeare
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"Readiness of speech is often inability to hold the tongue." »Jean Baptiste Rousseau
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"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue." »Virginia Woolf
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"The wise man has long ears and a short tongue." »German proverb
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"Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit." »Jeremy Taylor
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"How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?" »Woody Allen
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"The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood." »Buddha
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