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Tongues: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne, Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge.— CHAUCER — Canterbury Tales. The Manciple's Tale. L. 18,213.

The windy satisfaction of the tongue.— HOMER — Odyssey. Bk. IV. L. 1,092.

C. Pope's trans. I should think your tongue had broken its chain!— LONGFELLOW — Christus. The Golden Legend. Pt. IV.

Many a man's tongue shakes out his master's undoing.— Shakespeare — All's Well That Ends Well. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 23.

My tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp.— Shakespeare — Richard II. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 161.

My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.— Shakespeare — Comedy of Errors. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 18.

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. Lover's Complaint. L. 120. The heart hath treble wrong When it is barr'd the aidance of the tongue. Venus and Adonis. L. 329. Tongues I'll hang on every tree, That shall civil sayings show.— Shakespeare — As You Like It. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 135.

You play the spaniel, And think with wagging of your tongue to win me.— Shakespeare — Henry VIII. Act V. Sc. 3. L. 126.

Is there a tongue like Delia's o'er her cup, That runs for ages without winding up?— YOUNG — Love of Fame. Satire 1. L. 281.