“She that was ever fair and never proud,Had tongue at will, and yet was never loud.”
William Shakespeare
“Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back.”
Benjamin Franklin
“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain”
“These six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, a false witness who speaks lies, and one w”
Bible
“When my mother died, I was very young, / And my father sold me while yet my tongue / Could scarcely cry `'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!' / So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.”
William Blake
“So loud each tongue, so empty was each head, / So much they talked, so very little said.”
Charles Churchill
“The tongue has no bones, yet it breaks bones”
Greek proverb
