Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.
If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
When we, as humans, articulate, our tongues tend to hit the back of the teeth.
I've never felt that using something with tongue in cheek has been a bad thing.
My tongue is what I used instead of my fists because I was a small and cowardly young man. Amusing people with stories and being bizarre with words was my way of getting out of fixes.
The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.
That which neither weapon nor flame could accomplish will be achieved by a sweet speaking tongue in council.
A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.
Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes.