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All swol'n with chafing, down Adonis sits, Banning his boist'rous and unruly beast; And now the happy season once more fits That lovesick Love by pleading may be blest; For lovers say the heart hath treble wrong When it is barred the aidance of the tongue. - William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis (l. 325) The chameleon, who is said to feed upon nothing but air, has of all animals the nimblest tongue. - Jonathan Swift In the use of the tongue God hath distinguished us from beasts, and by the well or ill using it we are distinguished from one another; and therefore, though silence be innocent as death, harmless as a rose's breath to a distant passenger, yet it is rather the state of death than life. - Jeremy Taylor Restrain thy mind, and let mildness ever attend thy tongue. - Theognis of Megara To many men well-fitting doors are not set on their tongues. - Theognis of Megara Is there a tongue like Delia's o'er her cup, That runs for ages without winding up? - Edward Young, Love of Fame (satire I, l. 281) Displaying page 3 of 3 for this topic: << Prev 1 2 [3]
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