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The pen is the tongue of the mind. - Horace

The pen is the tongue of the mind. Horace

Communication, Mind, Pen

Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues. Rumi

Heart, Soul, Friend, Enemy, Mouth, Lips

You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue. Joel Osteen

Life, Change, Communication, Power, You

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. - John Greenleaf Whittier

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. John Greenleaf Whittier

Sad, Words, Pen, Been, Might, Saddest

Mothers have always held such symbolic weight in determining a person's worth. Your mother tongue, your motherland, your mother's values - these things can qualify or disqualify you from attaining myriad American dreams: love, fluency, citizenship, legitimacy, acceptance, success, freedom. Jenny Zhang

Success, Love, Dreams, Mother, Freedom

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. - Diogenes

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. Diogenes

Listen, Talk, Two, More, Ears, Less

Even Helen Keller, who was born blind and deaf, could see God. No doubt, in her silent darkness, every fragrant flower, every ray of the warm sun, every taste that touched her tongue told her that there was a God who created all things. Jodie Foster shouldn't therefore be surprised that people are surprised that she's an atheist. Ray Comfort

Flower, God, Sun, Darkness, People, She

Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks. - Davy Crockett

Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks. Davy Crockett

Heart, Speak, Your, Thinks

What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally prevailing here. Far more important is the manifestation presented when he substitutes for his mother tongue the English language as the common medium of speech. Louis D. Brandeis

Mother, Language, Clothes, Speech, Way

O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it. Saint Teresa of Avila

God, Soul, Praise, Him, Like, Lord

Give thy thoughts no tongue. - William Shakespeare

Give thy thoughts no tongue. William Shakespeare

Thoughts, Give, Thy

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen. Maimonides

Liar, Pen, Just Because, Will, Same

I just stick my tongue out because I hate smiling in pictures. It's so awkward. It looks so cheesy. Miley Cyrus

Hate, Smiling, Pictures, Looks, Awkward

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love. - John Donne

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love. John Donne

Love, God, Me, Hold, Your, Sake

You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek. Bela Lugosi

People, Believe, Play, You, Horror, Your

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. Richard Steele

Fire, Gossip, Slow, Destruction, Engines

All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue. Konrad Adenauer

Tired, Body, Human Body, Human, Get

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue. Leonardo da Vinci

Push, Muscle, Function, Pull, Case

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young. Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom, Speak, You, Young, Gray, Signs

A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart. Hal Borland

Nature, Tree, Heart, Fire, Color, Forest

A black person grows up in this country - and in many places - knowing that racism will be as familiar as salt to the tongue. Also, it can be as dangerous as too much salt. I think that you must struggle for betterment for yourself and for everyone. Maya Angelou

Struggle, Racism, Yourself, Think, Black

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man, Forest, Beast, Still, Been, Would

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use. Washington Irving

Tool, Only, Use, Sharper, Gets

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound. Peace Pilgrim

Power, Speak, Lost, Before, Must, Wound

In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person. George Bancroft

Person, Disappointed, Out, Nine, Ten

The tongue should express what is in the heart. Dayananda Saraswati

Heart, Should, Express

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