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Better the feet slip then the tongue.
[Better the feet slip than the tongue.]
Better the feet slip then the tongue.
[Better the feet slip than the tongue.]
Marry, you are the wiser man; for many a man's tongue shakes out
his master's undoing.
Marry, you are the wiser man; for many a man's tongue shakes out
his master's undoing.
You play the spaniel,
And think with wagging of your tongue to win me.
You play the spaniel,
And think with wagging of your tongue to win me.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law
of kindness.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law
of kindness.
I cannot, nor I will not hold me still;
My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.
I cannot, nor I will not hold me still;
My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.
The stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by
the edge of the sword; but not read more
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.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under
his tongue;
Though he spare it, read more
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under
his tongue;
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within
his mouth:
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps
within him.
The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.
[Lat., Lingua mali pars pessima servi.]
The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.
[Lat., Lingua mali pars pessima servi.]
Tongues I'll hang on every tree
That shall civil sayings show. . . .
Tongues I'll hang on every tree
That shall civil sayings show. . . .