His Tongue Quotes

108 His Tongue quotes by 87 unique authors

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball… — Omar N. Bradley
An auctioneer is a man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue. — Ambrose Bierce
His face is livid, gaunt his whole body, his breath is green with gall; his tongue drips poison. — John Quincy Adams
His tongue is by turns a sponge, a brush, a comb. He cleans himself, he smooths himself, he knows what is proper. — Hippolyte Taine
Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak. — Benjamin Franklin
The love of dress is very marked in this attractive animal; he is proud of the lustre of his coat, and cannot endure that a… — Champfleury
You know what I'll do? I'll get a knife and cut out his tongue, and we'll send it to his wife — Unknown Author
You never hear Jesus say in Pilate's judgement hall one word that would let you imagine that He was sorry that He had undertaken so… — Charles Spurgeon
Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over… — Al-Shafiâ€˜i
Whoever does not hold his tongue cannot understand his deen. — Hasan of Basra
To most readers the word 'fiction' is an utter fraud. They are entirely convinced that each character has an exact counterpart in real life and… — Louis Auchincloss
A few years ago I was at a party and this guy threw me over his shoulder, ran across the street, put me in his… — Rachel Bilson
If you ask Jim Courier, I mean, that guy has his tongue up (Roger Federer's) ass, I think...you know, the whole time when you actually… — Tommy Haas
An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue. — Henry James
And the process of reading is such a private one. I once came into a room where a friend of mine was reading one of… — Vikram Seth
A fool cannot hold his tongue. — Plutarch
He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks his tongue speaks. — William Shakespeare
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. — Publilius Syrus
People cleave to their worldly possessions and selfish passions so blindly as to sacrifice their own lives for them. They are like a child who… — Gautama Buddha
He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often… — Ali ibn Abi Talib

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