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Since I cannot govern my own tongue, tho' within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongues of others?


Benjamin Franklin

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PROVERB I know by my own pot how the others boil.
FRENCH PROVERB All I can go on is my own value system.
BILLY CORGAN I am my own woman.
EVITA PERON I had never realized how much I needed the attention of others to confirm my own presence.
JERRY SPINELLI I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work.
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THOMAS MERTON May I govern my passions with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away.
WALTER POPE May I govern my passion with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away
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CHARLES DE GAULLE I can endure my own despair,
but not another's hope.
WILLIAM WALSH I have betrayed myself with my own tongue; The case is altered
BEN JONSON He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.
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ERIK PEVERNAGIE The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.
OSCAR LEVANT The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.
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JOAN ARC I give this heavy weight from off my head And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand, The pride of...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I got a monster within . . . my own self !
JOHN ZEA I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my...
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EDMONIA LEWIS I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can be...
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JAMES MCGREEVEY I don't do my own Instagram.
YOUNG THUG I have my own strength.
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MADONNA CICCONE I am often the brunt of my own humor.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL I don't like that I'm my own commodity, that I am what I sell.
CAROL KANE I feel pretty confident in my own ability.
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CARTER CASTEEL Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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CHARLES DE GAULLE Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.
CHARLES JAMES FOX Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.
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JAMES MADISON But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it.
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WALTER ISAACSON I proved to my own satisfaction that I am madder than I think.
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MAYA ANGELOU I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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KANGANA RANAUT I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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