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 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. 
 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. 
 So on the tip of his subduing tongue
 All kinds of arguments and question deep,
  All replication read more 
 So on the tip of his subduing tongue
 All kinds 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; . . . 
 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride 
of man: thou shalt keep them read more 
 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride 
of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the 
strife of tongues. 
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
 All swol'n with chafing, down Adonis sits,
 Banning his boist'rous and unruly beast;
  And now the happy read more 
 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. 
 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. 
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
 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.