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Tongue Quotes - Page 22

Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.

George Herbert (1862). “The Works of George Herbert: In Prose and Verse”

Faire language grates not the tongue.

George Herbert, William Jerdan (1853). “The Works of the Rev. George Hebert”, p.387

A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.327

The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.346

One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.341

The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.330

Loquacity with tongue or pen is its own reward -- or, punishment.

George Eliot (1954). “The George Eliot Letters: 1836-1851”

I can flip my tongue over. Only one in 10,000 people can. I learned that at Ripley's Believe It or Not!

"Need to Meet: Gabourey Sidibe". Interview with Thelma Adams, www.marieclaire.com. July 22, 2010.

My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.

Euripides (1959). “Euripides: Alcestis. The Medea. The Heracleidae. Hippolytus. The Cyclops. Heracles. Iphigenia in Tauris. Helen. Hecuba. Andromache. The Trojan women”

People usually don't allow you to cut off their tongue.

"What Etgar Keret Learned From His Father About Storytelling And Survival". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. August 5, 2016.

When you have a pipe salesman with a business called Macabee Pipes, I'd say you've got your tongue planted firmly in your cheek.

"Interview: 'Leaves of Grass' Star Edward Norton and Director Tim Blake Nelson". Interview with Landon Palmer, filmschoolrejects.com. March 28, 2010.