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• My tongue speak what my heart thinks.

  Davy Crockett

  Heart, Thinking, Speak

  "Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas". Book by Davy Crockett, 1836.

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• My mouth is a womb. My teeth are my children. My tongue is their babysitter.

  Enya

  Children, Teeth, Mouths

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• [F]alsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Heart, President, Disposition

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson”, p.286

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• LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Faith, Science, Hands

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.124, 谷月社

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• Silence can ask all the questions, where the tongue is prone to ask only the wrong one.

  Robin Hobb

  Silence, Asks

  Robin Hobb (2002). “Fool's Errand: The Tawny Man Trilogy”, p.35, Spectra

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• My father's wit, and my mother's tongue, assist me!

  William Shakespeare

  Mother, Father, Parent

  William Shakespeare (1805). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by George Steevens: With a Series of Engravings, from Original Designs of Henry Fusell, and a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes”, p.407

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• Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Courtesy, Manners

  William Shakespeare (1909). “Much Ado About Nothing; Hamlet”

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• Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Wish, Disorder, Curb

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.154, University of Georgia Press

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• I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues.

  Ovid

  Greed, Gold, Digging

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• Into the space of one little hour sins enough may be conjured up by evil tongues to blast the fame of a whole life of virtue.

  Washington Irving

  Space, Evil, May

  Washington Irving (2015). “The Complete Works of Washington Irving: Short Stories, Plays, Historical Works, Poetry and Autobiographical Writings (Illustrated): The Entire Opus of the Prolific American Writer, Biographer and Historian, Including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Bracebridge Hall and many more”, p.1082, e-artnow

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• There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.

  Thomas Fuller

  Anger, Heart, Ill

  Thomas Fuller (1815). “An introduction to prudence”, p.234

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• Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

  Virginia Woolf

  Travel, Women, Speech

  Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.2260, Delphi Classics

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• Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

  Francis Quarles

  Heaven, Ears, Literature

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• It is of no use for any of you to try to be soul-winners if you are not bearing fruit in your own lives. How can you serve the Lord with your lips if you do not serve Him with your lives.? How can you preach His gospel with your tongues, when with hands, feet, and heart you are preaching the devil’s gospel, and setting up an antichrist by your practical unholiness?

  Charles Spurgeon

  Heart, Hands, Feet

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• Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.

  Samuel Johnson

  Trust, Heart, Bitterness

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• Our language needs endless synonyms for beautiful; the eyes could see what the tongue cannot possibly describe.

  Anne Rice

  Beautiful, Eye, Needs

  Anne Rice (2013). “The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle”, p.2667, Ballantine Books

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• If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.

  Anne Bronte

  Speak, Slander, Ifs

  Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.94, Diversion Books

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• For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable

  William Shakespeare (1848). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With Remarks on His Life and Writings by T. Campbell. A New Edition”, p.12

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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

  World, Sugar, Taste

  "Sarah Kay's Way with Words". "On Being" with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. June 13, 2013.

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• Better slip with foot than tongue.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wisdom, Feet, Poor Richard

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

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• Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

  Richard Steele

  Fire, Gossip, Destruction

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• In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.

  George Bancroft

  Nine, Slander, Disappointed

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• Which of us, then, does not offend frequently with our tongue? The real problem, however, is not our tongues but our hearts.

  Jerry Bridges

  Real, Heart, Doe

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• Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

  Publilius Syrus

  Sarcastic, Communication, Silence

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 914,

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