Aeschylus Quotes

The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.

The tongue of man is a twisty thing, there are plenty of words there of every kind.

It's not what enters men's mouth that is evil," said the alchemist. It's what comes out of their mouths that is.

O tongue you are an endless treasure. O tongue, you are also an endless disease.

Action hangs, as it were, dissolved in speech, in thoughts whereof speech is the shadow; and precipitates itself therefrom. The kind of speech in a man betokens the kind of action you will get from him.

I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue.

The tongue of man is a twisty thing.

The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

Everyone knows how to talk, and no one knows what to say.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

Boxers don't tend to come from Cambridge or Oxford. Sometimes the things we say don't come out well. We are not known for our vocabulary.

As fascinated as I was by words on paper, it was matched by my fascination with words in people's mouths. The spoken word. And that is the world of theatre.

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.

Articulation is the tongue-tied's fighting.

Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.

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.

Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.

If you can't get yourself understood, you may have trouble, so you need some interpretation every now and again wherever you might be.

One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

I act as the tongue of you, ... tied in your mouth . . . . in mine it begins to be loosened.

I like to talk. Talking is kind of my thing. If talking had been a sport option at Wexford, I would have been captain. But sports always have to involve running, jumping, or swinging your arms around. You don’t get PE points for the smooth and rapid movement of the jaw.

Ah, Harry, how often this happens, even between the best of friends! Each of us believes that what he has to say is much more important than anything the other might have to contribute!

From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things.

To many men well-fitting doors are not set on their tongues.