His Tongue Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

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• I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit… — 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… — 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… — Charles Spurgeon
• Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and… — Al-Shafi‘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… — Louis Auchincloss
• A few years ago I was at a party and this guy threw me over his shoulder, ran across the street, put… — Rachel Bilson

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