Tongues

"Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."

"A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man's tongue is under the control of his mind."

"Speak to me in many voices Make them all sound like one Let me see your sacred mysteries Reveal to me the Unknown Tongue."

"Better the feet slip than the tongue."

"Most of the sins of the children of Adam are on their tongues."

"Many a man's tongue shakes out his master's undoing."

"Tongues I'll hang on every tree, That shall civil sayings show."

"My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will."

"You play the spaniel, And think with wagging of your tongue to win me."

"My tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp."

"The heart hath treble wrong When it is barr'd the aidance of the tongue."

"Is there a tongue like Delia's o'er her cup, That runs for ages without winding up?"

"The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne, Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge."

"The stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword; but not so many as have fallen by the tongue."

"He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel."

"The windy satisfaction of the tongue."

"The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil."

"Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue."

"Lingua mali pars pessima servi."

"I should think your tongue had broken its chain!"

"In her tongue is the law of kindness."

"From the strife of tongues."

"Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile."

"My tongue is the pen of a ready writer."

"Since word is thrall, and thought is free, Keep well thy tongue, I counsel thee."

"So on the tip of his subduing tongue All kind of arguments and question deep, All replication prompt, and reason strong, For his advantage still did wake and sleep; To make the weeper laugh, the laugher weep, He had the dialect and different skill, Catching all passions in his craft of will."

"Pie kieli keskel suudu! (Säämäjärvi, Karelia) (KNM)"