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title: "11 Holding Tongue Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [“Ignorance is no reason with a fool for holding his tongue.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/ignorance-is-no-reason-with-a-fool-for-holding-his-tongue/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/an-englishman-s-never-so-natural-as-when-he-s-holding-his-tongue/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

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> [“Don't run Stop holding your tongue”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-bareilles/don-t-run-stop-holding-your-tongue/)

[Sara Bareilles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-bareilles/)

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> [I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xenocrates/i-have-often-repented-speaking-but-never-of-holding-my-tongue/)

[Xenocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xenocrates/)

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> [I don't believe in holding your tongue, especially if it's something you can directly benefit from or some people need to hear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaylen-brown/i-don-t-believe-in-holding-your-tongue-especially-if-it-s-something/)

[Jaylen Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaylen-brown/)

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> [I am really bad at holding my tongue, because it comes naturally for me to say what's on my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-cambage/i-am-really-bad-at-holding-my-tongue-because-it-comes-naturally-for/)

[Liz Cambage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-cambage/)

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> [“Never say savor when you only mean taste – one is a holding on the tongue and an intoxication and the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryana-johnson/never-say-savor-when-you-only-mean-taste-one-is-a-holding-on-the/)

[Bryana Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryana-johnson/)

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> [“Her anger, so useful just moments before, was getting the better of her now. She could hear it; she was too loud.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-staveley/her-anger-so-useful-just-moments-before-was-getting-the-better-of-her/)

[Brian Staveley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-staveley/)

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> [I had to hold my tongue from since, when I got here til when I was about 22 years old. I ain't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-had-to-hold-my-tongue-from-since-when-i-got-here-til-when-i-was/)

[Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/)

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> [I spent my older teen years holding my tongue while my Hollywood coworkers gushed about big government, attacked anyone to the Right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brett-cooper/i-spent-my-older-teen-years-holding-my-tongue-while-my-hollywood/)

[Brett Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brett-cooper/)

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> [If I stand alone, It does not mean, I am any less a Human, If my arms do not hold another, It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javan/if-i-stand-alone-it-does-not-mean-i-am-any-less-a-human-if-my-arms-do/)

[Javan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javan/)

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