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Quotations
(A man must first).
You thinke twice before you speake, and may be demanded twice before you answer.
Shakespeare Citations
Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act.
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Related Proverbs
W530 Think (Write) with the WISE (learned) but talk with the vulgar 86.7%T243 The THOUGHT has good legs and the quill a good tongue 85.4%C820 First CREEP, then go (Learn to creep before you go) 85.3%T242 THOUGHT breaks the heart 85.2%T151 The THING that we first learn we best can 85.1%M941 He that comes first to the MILL grinding first 84.9%S721 SPEAK fitly or be silent wisely 84.9%T168 All THINGS grow worse and worse 84.4%B310 BENEFITS bind 84.4%N76 NEED (Necessity) has no law 84.3%T183 He lives unsafely that looks too near on THINGS 84.0%M710 Better speak to the MASTER than the man 84.0%T222 He that THINKS amiss concludes worse 83.9%M970 His bashful MIND hinders his good intent 83.8%B58 Every BALANCE¹ has its counterpoise 83.8%T402 To keep a good TONGUE in one's head 83.7%M51 MALICE hurts itself most 83.7%T417 TOO HASTY burnt his lips 83.7%W668 Take a WOMAN's first counsel and not her second 83.6%S445 SILENCE does seldom harm 83.5%
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