Tongue Quotes - Page 13
Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.105, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Jane Austen (2015). “Persuasion”, p.188, Jane Austen
James Joyce (2013). “Four Novels by James Joyce”, p.32, eBookIt.com
Silence holds the door against the strife of tongue and all the impertinences of idle conversation.
James Hervey, William ROMAINE (1812). “Meditations and Contemplations ... To which is prefixed the life of the author: and a sermon on his death by the Rev. W. Romaine ... With ... engravings, etc. [With a portrait.]”, p.214
Death? Translated into the heavenly tongue, that word means life!
Henry Ward Beecher (1855). “Star Papers: Or, Experiences of Art and Nature”, p.213, New York : Boston : J.C. Derby ; Phillips, Sampson & Company
Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.32, Jazzybee Verlag
Out of some little thing, too free a tongue can make an outrageous wrangle.
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”
I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.
Ellen Glasgow (2015). “The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields”, p.137, The Floating Press
Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.18, Barnes & Noble Publishing
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.35, Nayika Publishing
Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.215, Simon and Schuster
Barbara Ann Kipfer (2009). “863 Buddhist Ways to Conquer Life's Little Challenges”, p.148, Ulysses Press
Of all cold words of tongue or pen, the worst are these: "I knew him when -
Arthur Guiterman (1929). “Song and laughter”