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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.
Tongues I'll hang on every tree
That shall civil sayings show. . . .
Tongues I'll hang on every tree
That shall civil sayings show. . . .
Is there a tongue like Delia's o'er her cup,
That runs for ages without winding up?
Is there a tongue like Delia's o'er her cup,
That runs for ages without winding up?
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.]
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
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.
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 windy satisfaction of the tongue.
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
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.