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«The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use»
«The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.»
«Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.»
«A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.»
Author: Washington Irving
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edge, edge tool, keener, keenest, sharp, sharp tongue, tool
«The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.»
«My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.»
«It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.»
«The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact. He calls his employment by its lowest name, and so takes from evil tongues their sharpest weapon. His conversation clings to the weather and the news, yet he allows himself to be surprised into thought, and the unlocking of his learning and philosophy.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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«A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use»
Author: Washington Irving
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edged, edge tool, keener, mellows, sharp tongue, tart, tarts
«No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath Rides on the posting winds and doth belie All corners of the world; kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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belie, belied, corners, Kings and Queens, King and Queen, maids, nay, Nile, posting, Queens, rides, Secrets of, sharper, sharp tongue, slander, The Sword, worms
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