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.
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Related Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. BIBLE Less at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest
Thy person share, and the conceit advance,
Ma... GEORGE HERBERT Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. BIBLE Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to
utter any thing before God; for God... BIBLE Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the fi... BIBLE Such as thy words are, such will thine affections be esteemed; and such as thine affections, will be... SOCRATES Concluding a short series on authenticity: Think thyself at that Tribunal, that judgment, now: W... JOHN DONNE Flow on, forever, in thy glorious robe
Of terror and of beauty. Yea, flow on
Unfathomed and r... LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head... BIBLE Peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; JOSEPH SMITH JR. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy
daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or th... BIBLE . . . And when my lips meet thine
Thy very soul is wedded unto mine. HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according ... BIBLE If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if th... FRANCIS QUARLES O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy
nature! EURIPIDES Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways a... ANONYMOUS And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is i... BIBLE O Winter! bar thine adamantine doors:
The north is thine; there hast thou build thy dark,
Dee... WILLIAM BLAKE Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail. JOHN DONNE Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail JOHN DONNE Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy Rather in power than use;... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break ... BIBLE When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly SAPPHO Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house:
thy children like olive plants r... BIBLE Control thy passions, lest they take vengeance on thee. EPICTETUS Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee. EPICTETUS Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least:
For wit is news only to ignorance.
Lesse at th... GEORGE HERBERT And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: / And the river ... BIBLE And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be estab... BIBLE Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: / Lest thou give thine honour ... BIBLE Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail. JOHN DONNE And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take aw... BIBLE Slogans are mere wordsuck... GABRIEL THY "Take courage, soul!
Hold not thy strength in vain!
With faith o'ercome the steeps
Thy G... ROSE TERRY COOKE And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in... BIBLE Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is b... BIBLE Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,
Thou mak'st thy knife keen; but no metal can--
No... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare n... BIBLE Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten... FRANCIS QUARLES Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten... FRANCIS QUARLES Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, ... BIBLE Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none; be able for thine enemy rather in power than use; and keep... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none; be able for thine enemy rather in power than use; and keep ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never spe... FRANCIS QUARLES Help thy brother's boat across, and Lo! Thine own has reached the shore HINDU PROVERB Help thy brother's boat across, and lo! thine own has reached the shore. HINDU PROVERB Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. BIBLE Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee. BIBLE Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk ... BIBLE But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with t... BIBLE I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. BIBLE Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: ... BIBLE Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words. APROCRYPHA Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or mu... AKHENATON AKHENATON Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or mu... AKHENATON Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. BIBLE But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall asc... BIBLE Come, I will fasten on this sleeve of thine:
Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine,
Whose weak... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. BIBLE But, by all thy nature's weakness, Hidden faults and follies known, Be thou, in rebuking evil, Consc... JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Beauty’s ensign yetIs crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,And death’s pale flag is not advance... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy
tidings. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and pluc... BIBLE Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, a... THOMAS FULLER Drink to me with thine eyes alone; or if thou wilt, having put it
to thy lips, fill the cup with ki... PHILOSTRATUS But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy
right hand doeth:
That thine alms m... BIBLE Weighest thy words before thou givest them breath. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occup... BIBLE Be careful when power comes to thee also, lest thou too shouldst smite in thine anger or thy jealous... H. RIDER HAGGARD Give thy thoughts no tongue. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: / So shall thy b... BIBLE Neither turn to thy own way nor seek thy own gain. But inquire the good way's of God. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Now is the season for sailing; for already the chattering swallow is come and the pleasant west wind... LEONIDAS OF TARENTUM Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words. BIBLE, ECCLESIASTICUS Thou weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thin... BIBLE O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my... BIBLE Grant that I may radiate Thy Light, Thy Love, Thy Healing, Thy Joy, and Thy Peace to all t... JONATHAN LOCKWOOD HUIE When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine... BIBLE Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate,
That fate is thine--no distant date;
Stern Ruin's plou... ROBERT BURNS Give God thy heart, thy service, and thy gold; The day wears on,
and time is waxing old.
- Un... UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR Lord, now lettest now thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.
(2:29). LUKE Thou wert best set - thy lower part where thy nose stands WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. BIBLE Pray but one prayer for me 'twixt thy closed lips. WILLIAM MORRIS Set faith at work on Christ for the killing of thy sin. His blood is the great sovereign remedy for ... JOHN OWEN Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set a... BIBLE Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faul... SOCRATES Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faul... SOCRATES Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first... MARGARET COURTNEY Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grac... BIBLE Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history. UNKNOWN And looks commercing with the skies, / Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes. JOHN MILTON Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. BIBLE On action alone be thy interest, Never on its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be thy moti... BHAGAVAD GITA
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