#tongue

Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety. ↗

— William Drummond

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There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do. ↗

— William Drummond

#child #everything #expresses #loudly #love

The only way a ventriloquist speaks differently is that he forgoes using his or her lips, and learns to reproduce sounds using the tongue, upper palate, and teeth only. Those 'difficult' letters are B, F, M, P, V, W, and Y. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#difficult #her #his #learns #letters

You know how most dogs lick you on the cheek? If you're sleeping and not ready for it, my dog, Joe, will get his tongue inside your mouth. It's by far the worst kiss I've ever had. ↗

— Will Estes

#dog #dogs #ever #far #get

'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore. ↗

— Euripides

#soul #swore #tongue #twas

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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Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks. ↗

— Davy Crockett

#speak #thinks #tongue #your

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