
“It wouldn’t be the first time his sharp tongue had cut his own throat.”
Source: The Way of Shadows (2008), Chapter 9 (p. 64)
The End of Summer, p. 23
The Unexpected Dimension (1960)
“It wouldn’t be the first time his sharp tongue had cut his own throat.”
Source: The Way of Shadows (2008), Chapter 9 (p. 64)
Discussing U.S. government personal data mining at the same time its agencies are losing "hundreds of laptops" with sensitive data
The biggest rubes, boobs, and noobs of 2006, Notes from the Field, InfoWorld, December 15, 2006, 2006-12-15 http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/15/51OPcringely_1.html,
“You’re sure you want to look into these cognates? You might see things you wouldn’t like.”
“So long as I know the truth, I don’t care whether I like it or not.”
Section 6 (p. 186)
Short fiction, Rumfuddle (1973)
Section 6 (p. 186)
Short fiction, Rumfuddle (1973)
XVII, 11
The Kitáb-I-Asmá
Context: Should a person lay claim to a cause and produce his proofs, then those who seek to repudiate him are required to produce proofs like unto his. If they succeed in doing so, his words will prove vain and they will prevail; otherwise neither his words will cease nor the proofs he hath set forth will become void. I admonish you, O ye who are invested with the Bayán, if ye would fain assert your ascendancy, confront not any soul unless ye give proofs similar to that which he hath adduced; for Truth shall be firmly established, while aught else besides it is sure to perish.
“Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!”
Variant: Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!
Source: Lord of the Flies (1954), Ch. 9: A View to a Death
“108. A Fool’s Tongue is long enough to cut his own Throat.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)