John Lyly Quotes

Know that a word suddenly shot from the tongue is like an arrow shot from the bow. Son, that arrow won't turn back on its way; you must damn the torrent at its source.

The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know the things we need to know, and also things we wish we didn't.

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding.

The tongue is more to be feared than the sword.

I have noticed that nothing that I never said ever did me any harm.

The princess would never leave without me, and I wouldn’t leave without the King, and the King will never leave..

Ni Main Yaar Manana Ni' is a cult classic and also one of my favourite songs from a Yash Chopra movie. The song is about never giving up on one's love and I connected instantly with it when I first heard it.

When you're angry you can say something you don't mean.

I have heart, and you can't break heart.

It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.

More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.

If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.

For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. Matthew 12:37

Better the feet slip then the tongue.

The tongue offends and the ears get the cuffing

Someday you're going to get hungry and eat most of the words you just said.