The tongue, the Chinese say,
is like a sharp knife:
it kills
without drawing blood.

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

4797. The Tongue is not Steel, yet it cuts sorely.

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

Bloodthirsty people should bite their tongues.

It wouldn’t be the first time his sharp tongue had cut his own throat.

We say that the words were smooth, caressing, hard, sharp, and so on: all words that refer to body touching. Indeed we can kill or elate with words as body experiences. We kill or elate with words because, as co-ordinations of actions, they take place through body interactions that trigger in us body changes in the domain of physiology.

The most vicious weapon is the tongue,' Mama said, 'and it can hurt you worse than anyone.'

Mama also said 'A dog who will bring a bone, will carry one.

A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.

Critical words cut like a knife. And sarcasm is the same knife with a pearl handle.

The wound kills that does not bleed.

It was the knife that, a moment later, cut off her scream.

We resolved to end our poison-enquiries by tasting the venomous liquor. According, having diluted a quantity of it, with a very little warm water, several of us ventured to put some of it upon the tip of our tongues. We all agreed, that it tasted very sharp and fiery, as if the tongue had been struck through with something scalding or burning. This sensation went off in two or three hours: and one gentleman, who would not be satisfied without trying a large drop undiluted, found his tongue swelled with a little inflammation and the soreness lasted two days. But neither his nor our boldness was attended with any ill consequence.

the sword also means clean-ness + death