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Between evil tongues and evil ears, there is nothing to choose.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about nothing

Flies' legs, like the tongue of critics, land on whatever they find.

Proverbs and old sayings

A honey tongue, a heart of gall.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about heart

A still tongue makes a wise head.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about heads

A still tongue maketh a wise head.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about heads

Who knows the tongues is at home everywhere.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about home

Thistles and thorns prick sore, but evil tongues prick more.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about man

Wide ears and short tongue are the best.

Proverbs and old sayings English

The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Soft words scald not the tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Soft words don't scotch the tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The tongue wounds more than a lance.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Better the foot slip than the tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A honeyed tongue with a heart of gall.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heart

A brain is worth little without a tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings French about brain

The tongue goes to where the tooth aches.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Turn your tongue seven times before speaking.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He who holds his tongue does not commit himself.

Proverbs and old sayings French