Famous quotes containing the words tongue, root and/or position:
“Rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 12:18.
“The love of money is the root of all evil.”
—Bible: New Testament St. Paul, in 1 Timothy, 6:10.
“It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)