Tongue Quotes
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The tongue is the only muscle in the human body that never gets tired talking.
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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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I act as the tongue of you, ... tied in your mouth . . . . in mine it begins to be loosened.
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Light griefs do speak, while sorrow's tongue is bound.
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The pen is the tongue of the mind.
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No mortal has a right to wag his tongue, much less to wag his pen, without saying something.
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When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.
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Friends started saying, "Oh, don't come. No vengas. It's dangerous for us, and we live here." Then there's also the issue, if you go back, and you happen to be Mexican-American, you get treated very differently in Mexico than if you're blond. If you say something wrong, they say, "Why don't you learn your mother tongue?"
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Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.
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People usually don't allow you to cut off their tongue.
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Only the dead can be forgiven; But when I think of that my tongue's a stone.
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He was the only person in the world she was tongue-tied around, and yet the only person she really wanted to talk to.
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Where is the sound?" someone hastily scribbled on the blackboard, and they all waited anxiously for the reply. Milo caught his breath, picked up the chalk, and explained simply, "It's on the tip of my tongue.
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Bittersweet? No, just bitter, the taste of your tongue. Words you can’t have back, so they linger.
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When the tongue lies, the eyes tell the truth.
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Writing kept her sane. Kept her form spinning out of control. Kept her tongue still whenever some white person spoke down to her. She had to write, it was the only thing that was completely hers, that she could look forward to at the end of her long day.
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I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.
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I haven’t seen her since. I wrote to her a few times, not really expecting an answer, for—as she often used to say—the tongue is longer than the pen and can lead you straight to Kiev.
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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
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If your Eyes are Positive, You will Love the World. But if Your Tongue is Positive, The World will Love you.
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Even a Menno sheltered from the world knows not to stick her tongue into the mouth of a boy who owns an Air Supply record. You might stick your tongue into the mouth of a boy who owned some Emerson, Lake and Palmer, but you would not date him on a regular basis, or openly.
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Those women like to see their tongues dance.
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Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
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Loquacity with tongue or pen is its own reward -- or, punishment.
