William Shakespeare Quotes on Tongues

“Many a man's tongue shakes out his master's undoing.”

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“My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.”

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“Tongues I'll hang on every tree, That shall civil sayings show.”

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“My tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp.”

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“You play the spaniel, And think with wagging of your tongue to win me.”

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“The heart hath treble wrong When it is barr'd the aidance of the tongue.”

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“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.”

- William Shakespeare, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations

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William Shakespeare on Tongues

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