Saint Francis de Sales
Saint, Bishop
"I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed."
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Tongue
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Dorothy Parker
Poet, Writer, Critic
"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue."
John Calvin
Theologian, Reformer
"The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life."
Elsie de Wolfe
Interior Designer
"Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you."
Elizabeth I
Queen
"There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue"
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"Language is wine upon the lips."
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"The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!"
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"Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue."
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"I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations."
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"The human tongue is like wasabi: it's very powerful, and should be used sparingly."
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"Yeah, she shows signs of life if you do this," said Ron, and with his tongue he made soft clip-flopping noises. Umbridge sat bolt upright, looking wildly around."
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"When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly."
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"Doctrine is not an affair of the tongue but of the life."
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"Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue."
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"A white flower grows in the quietness. Let your tongue become that flower."
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"Where the lips are silent the heart has a thousand tongues."
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"Symptoms are the body's mother tongue; signs are in a foreign language."
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"The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God."
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"It is through the tongue, the pen, and the press that truth is principally propagated."
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"Hairdressers are professional gossips; when only the hands are busy, the tongue is seldom still."
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"The eyes those silent tongues of love."
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"The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue."
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"The mother tongue is propaganda."
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"Give thy thoughts no tongue."
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"Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter."
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