
“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)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“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)
“When religion abandons poetic utterance, it cuts its own throat.”
Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967)
“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
“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
Maxim 914
Sentences
“When you cut out a man's tongue, you make his words matter that much more.”
BANNED! BIG CREATORS GETTING THE BOOT OVER NEW SCANDAL! (Published 20 July 2016, at 5min 21 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI4r0mSe7BY&feature=youtu.be&t=5m21s
BANNED! BIG CREATORS GETTING THE BOOT OVER NEW SCANDAL! (2016)