A slip of the foot and you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans
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The soul of a fool is always dancing on the tip of his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings about soul
The soul of an idiot is always dancing on the end of his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings about soul, end
A man's worth depends on his two smallest organs: his heart and his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings about heart, man
He that has no silver in his purse, should have silver on his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their tongues.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Falsehood is the Devil's daughter, and speaks her father's tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about lie, devil
A slip of the foot may soon be recovered; but that of the tongue perhaps never.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Nothing looks so like a man of sense as a fool who holds his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings German about common sense, sense, nothing, man
Nothing looks more like a man of sense than a fool who holds his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings German about common sense, sense, nothing, man
Truth is for the ears what smoke is for the eyes and vinegar for the tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings German about smoke, eyes, truth
He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thinking
Of three things the devil makes a salad: advocate's tongues, notaries' fingers, and a third that shall be nameless.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil, things
The body pays for a slip of the foot and gold pays for a slip of the tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about body
Wounds from the knife are healed, but not those from the tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Mexican
He who lacks knowledge derides his neighbor, but the man of understanding holds his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about knowledge, man
He that has not silver in his purse should have silk on his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
Hypocrites kick with their hind feet while licking with their tongues.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
