Tongue Quotes
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My father's wit, and my mother's tongue, assist me!
William Shakespeare
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Living is about clucking your tongue and enjoying the sound. ~Slater
Ted Dekker
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The cheek Is apter than the tongue to tell an errand.
William Shakespeare
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Do not let one's tongue outrun one's sense.
Chilon of Sparta
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Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator.
William Shakespeare
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And he sang to them, now in the Elven tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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One whom the music of his own vain tongue doth ravish like enchanting harmony.
William Shakespeare
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His tongue is by turns a sponge, a brush, a comb. He cleans himself, he smooths himself, he knows what is proper.
Hippolyte Taine
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He does me double wrong That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue.
William Shakespeare
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Love's best habit is a soothing tongue
William Shakespeare
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Never repeat a rumor before you have verified it. And if it is true, hold your tongue all the more.
Selma Lagerlof
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I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue.
Dolley Madison
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What my tongue dares not that my heart shall say
William Shakespeare
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Out of some little thing, too free a tongue can make an outrageous wrangle.
Euripides
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A wounding tongue. I'm working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.
Alan Rickman
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A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
Rudyard Kipling
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I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.
William Shakespeare
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This world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.
Sarah Kay
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A learned man's knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn't have control over his tongue
Kabir
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The limb that a person most needs to purify is his tongue.
Abu Nu`aym
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The heart must glow before the tongue can gild.
William R. Alger
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Didn't he and I stand together before an all seeing God convicted of the same murder? For I had murdered him with my heart and my tongue.
Corrie Ten Boom
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The stillest tongue can be the truest friend.
Euripides
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Here. Have a Coke. That’s good for a sore throat, right?” “Good for everything,” Shane croaked, and took the extended cold can with good grace. “Thanks.” “You owe me a dollar,” Eve said. “I’ll add it to the five thousand you already owe me, though.” He blew her a kiss, and she stuck her tongue out at him, and that was the end of the subject, thankfully.
Rachel Caine