Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“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
Nahj al-Balagha
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Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man, if with his tongue he cannot win a woman.”
William Shakespeare The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
“He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.”
Matthew Henry (1662–1714) Theologician from Wales
Psalm 36.
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“Let thy mind rule thy tongue!”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
The Sayings of the Wise (1555)
