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The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.

Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.

Not necessarily, a lot of my songs are firmly tongue in cheek.

Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.

Russell Baker writes columns as a poet writes light verse - with tongue in cheek and a steady hand.

I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny.

A quote is just a tattoo on the tongue.

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

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

There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.

Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer.

If it's supposed to be a really passionate snog, you slip the tongue in.

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

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics - Unless I am down with rheumatics.

You know how most dogs lick you on the cheek? If you're sleeping and not ready for it, my dog, Joe, will get his tongue inside your mouth. It's by far the worst kiss I've ever had.

'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear.