Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
Richard Steele
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
Publilius Syrus
What would it profit thee to be the first Of echoes, tho thy tongue should live forever, A thing that answers, but hath not a thought As lasting but... →
Frederick Tennyson
If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song.
Paul Tillich
I never show the back of my tongue. That is a Dutch expression.
Ben van Berkel
The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
Leonardo da Vinci
I get really starstruck and tongue tied when I'm around other writers and the conversation tends not to go well.
Jennifer Weiner
Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
Virginia Woolf
I'd managed to bite a very large hole in the side of my tongue before they could pry my teeth apart. By all evidence, and there's no denying... →
Dick York
If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.
Xun Zi