The Tongue

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1. What you don't see with your eyes, don't  witness with your mouth. Jewish Proverb

2. Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Spanish Proverb

3. A cruel  story runs on wheels and every hand oils the wheels as they run. Ouida

4. Who brings a tale takes two away. Irish Proverb

5. The best way to keep ones word is to not give it . Napoleon I , Maxims

6. Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richards Almanack July, 1735

7. The biggest liar in the world is They say. Douglas Malloch

8. Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to un-ring a bell. Shana Alexander

9. Gossip needn't  be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. Frank A. Clark

10. A real Christian is the person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip. Billy Graham

11. Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction compared to the tongue of a Gossip. Richard Steele

12. So live that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. Will Rogers

13. Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble. Proverbs  21:23

14. Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceit. Psalm: 34:13

15. The tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark, a world of evil  among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person,. sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. James 3:5-6

16. Before the tongue can speak it must have lost the power to wound. Peace Pilgrim

17. A sharp tongue can cut your own throat. Unknown