Tongue Quotes
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If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
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When translating one must proceed up to the intranslatable; only then one becomes aware of the foreign nation and the foreign tongue.
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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.
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It was my tongue that swore; my heart is unsworn.
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Don't let your life give evidence against your tongue. Sing with your voices... sing also with your conduct.
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Thus die I, thus, thus, thus. Now am I dead, Now am I fled; My soul is in the sky: Tongue, lose thy light; Moon take thy flight. Now die, die, die, die, die.
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Hail, blest Confusion! here are met All tongues, and times, and faces; The Lancers flirt with Juliet, The Brahmin talks of races.
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The heart hath treble wrong When it is barr'd the aidance of the tongue.
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The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head.
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Egotism is the tongue of vanity.
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Musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. Any child who is properly trained can develop musical ability just as all children develop the ability to speak their mother tongue. The potential of every child is unlimited.
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Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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Death? Translated into the heavenly tongue, that word means life!
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For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.
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Occasionally her tongue darts out between her lips, which makes me think of a snake, or Jared Leto during a television interview.
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What the tongue has promised, the body must submit to.
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She has the filthiest tongue of any woman in France. Burn her mouth clean.
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Give thy thoughts no tongue.
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A fool cannot hold his tongue.
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You seem to be attracted to trouble," he said. "Yeah, she's real pretty," I replied. "Your tongue is sharper than mine ever was." I stuck out my tongue and tried to look at the tip of it.
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I hate when vice can bolt her arguments, And virtue has no tongue to check her pride.
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
