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Tongue Quotes

The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.20, Baker Books

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1836). “Letters, Conversations and Recollections”, p.233

The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!

Mikhail Bulgakov (1967). “The master and Margarita [by] Mikhail Bulgakov”

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

Xunzi, John Knoblock (1988). “Xunzi: A Translation and Study of the Complete Works”, p.153, Stanford University Press