#tongue

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. ↗

— Henry Fielding

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Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

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Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks. ↗

— Davy Crockett

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I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French. ↗

— Anna Held

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Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue. ↗

— Hermione Gingold

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I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say. ↗

— Ellen Glasgow

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This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

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Junipers are generally chosen for the latter purpose, as they can be more readily bent into the desired form; the eyes and tongue are added afterwards, and the representation altogether is really good. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free. ↗

— Anna Akhmatova

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If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song. ↗

— Paul Tillich

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