A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
舌头
Tongue
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
I will speak with a straight tongue.
我说话要直来直去。
Kind words don't wear out the tongue.
好话不会磨破舌头。
A quote is just a tattoo on the tongue.
一句名言只不过是舌头上的纹身。
A brain is worth little without a tongue.
没有舌头，脑子就没有什么价值。
The tongue always returns to the sore tooth.
舌头总是回到疼痛的牙齿上。
A smooth tongue is better than smooth locks.
舌光顺，胜于发光。
Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue.
宁可失足，不可失言。
An idle tongue is the mother of all conflicts.
闲言碎语是一切矛盾的根源。
It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.
说起来容易，做起来难。
Silent tongue and hempen heart often go together.
缄默的嘴，常常和真诚的心息息相通。
The natural habitat of the tongue is the left cheek.
舌头的自然栖息地是左颊。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.
恶舌见人发怒，最能使他高兴。
If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.
如果思维的敏捷和语言的流利过于拘谨和尖锐，那么在你的活动和休息中要适度使用它们。
Between evil tongues and evil ears, there is nothing to choose.
在恶舌和恶耳之间，没有什么可以选择的。
Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.
在舌头能说话之前，它一定已经失去了伤害人的力量。
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
烈士不能受辱。每一鞭都是名誉的舌头;每座监狱都有一个更辉煌的住所。
There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales come from pale lips than can enter an ear. It is both the grandeur and the pain of the remoter moods that they avoid the pathway of sound.
眼睛里有口音，而不是舌头上的，苍白的嘴唇说出的故事比耳朵听到的要多。正是这种遥远情绪的伟大和痛苦，使他们避开了声音的途径。