"Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit! " ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 34:13
"A man of good sense guards his tongue and attends to his own affairs." ~~ Ibn Gabirol
"He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore. " ~~ Sigmund Freud
"A bird you set free you may catch again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return. " ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"A fool’s tongue is his tragedy. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 18:7
"First investigate, then rebuke! " ~~ Ben Sira 11:7
"A word fitly spoken is as apples of gold in a setting of silver. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 25:11
"Jealousy has a thousand eyes, yet none sees properly. " ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"Every bribery of speech is also forbidden. " ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"Condemn not your fellow until you stand in his place! " ~~ Avot 2:4
"Curses curse their utterers. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.
"Gossipers start with praise and end with derogation." ~~ Midrash Tanchuma Shelah, 9
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