The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.

Tongue is a beast, if it is let loose, it devours.

Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.

The first thing my mom taught me as a young girl was not to even wisper, because the birds and mice could hear me. [...] My mom said that 'The most powerful weapon you have in your body is your tounge. Watch out what you say!' Even subconsciously you know how not to think bad things about the regime.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me.

The tongue has the power of life and death.”1

Vete a la lengua, que en ella consisten los mayores daños de la humana vida.

A woman's weapon is her tongue.

Control your tongue, for from it flow the greatest evils of human life.

The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.

His mama beat him with an ugly stick so hard, it gone straight on till his soul.

Bloodthirsty people should bite their tongues.

As my mother told me sticks and stones may break my bones but words don’t hurt me.

They said, “You are a savage and dangerous woman.”I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous.