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A fool cannot hold his tongue. — Plutarch
Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his… — Robert Fitzgerald
Again the pressure pushes me in the chair, shuts my eyes. I notice the dark red tongues of the flame outside the windows. I'm trying… — Valentina Tereshkova
A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to… — Garry Kasparov
Howbeit your faith seeth but the black side of Providence, yet it hath a better side, and God shall let you see it. We know… — Samuel Rutherford
What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue. — Rudyard Kipling
Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue — Zeno of Citium
O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world... — William Shakespeare
The motive is this, 'Oh! that God could be glorified, that Jesus might see the reward of his sufferings! Oh! that sinners might be saved,… — Charles Spurgeon
When fathers are tongue tied religiously with their offspring, need they wonder if their children's hearts remain sin tied? — Charles Spurgeon
The sacred pint alone can unbind the tongue... — James Joyce
Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung, Not she denied him with unholy tongue; She, while apostles shrank, could danger brave, Last at his… — Unknown Author
Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in… — Charles Lamb
A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue. — William Shakespeare
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
It is my experience that the short path to the simple and precise English needed by a man of science lies thorough the tongues of… — Unknown Author
Science and technology contribute to the fast-expanding vocabularies of all living civilized tongues at a faster rate than all other fields of human endeavor put… — Mario Pei
O horror! Horror! Horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee! — William Shakespeare
A generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue. — Homer
When I look on you a moment, then I can speak no more, but my tongue falls silent, and at once a delicate flame courses… — Sappho
The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood. — Gautama Buddha
I'm not the sexiest thing in the world, I feel actors who have to 'play' sexy lose all their sex appeal. When they start with… — Stephanie Zimbalist
I should like to sleep like a cat, with all the fur of time, with a tongue rough as flint, with the dry sex of… — Pablo Neruda
I can live without it all - love with its blood pump, sex with its messy hungers, men with their peacock strutting, their silly sexual… — Erica Jong
A traveller must have the back of an ass to bear all, a tongue like the tail of a dog to flatter all, the mouth… — Thomas Nashe

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