“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”

“They are fools who kiss and tell'--
Wisely has the poet sung.
Man may hold all sorts of posts
If he'll only hold his tongue.”

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist

“1953. Learn the art of Silence; the wise Man that holds his Tongue, says more than the Fool who speaks.”

Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual

“A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man's tongue is under the control of his mind.”

Ali book Nahj al-Balagha

“For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.”

John Donne The Canonization

“108. A Fool’s Tongue is long enough to cut his own Throat.”

Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual

“Mulch's tongue lolled out, resting on the centaur's neck. "Mmm," he mumbled around his tongue. "Horse. Tasty"

"Let's go," said Foaly nervously. "Let's go right now.”

Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books

“If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.”

Anne Brontë book The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages. ”

Henry Wotton (1568–1639) English ambassador

“Let the world be grafted onto our republics, but the trunk must be our own. And let the vanquished pedant hold his tongue, for there are no lands in which a man may take greater pride than in our long-suffering American republics.”

José Martí (1853–1895) Poet, writer, Cuban nationalist leader