Tongues

Famous quotes containing the word tongues:

“They say the tongues of dying men
Enforce attention like deep harmony.
Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain,
For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“People’s tongues are like grass, moving this way and that according to the direction of the winds.”
—Chinese proverb.

“I cannot flatter; I do defy
The tongues of soothers, but a braver place
In my heart’s love hath no man than yourself.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)