Quote by

Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire. Jest not with a rude man, lest thine ancestors be disgraced

Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire. Jest not with a rude man, lest thine ancestors be disgraced
– Sirach

Related Quotes:

  1. Twist a tongue, and tongue a twist how many twists can a tongue twister twist around the twisting tongue. – Jazz Feylynn
  2. Art lives upon discussion, upon experiment, upon curiosity, upon variety of attempt, upon the exchange of views and the comparison of standpoints. – Henry James
  3. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. – Anonymous
  4. Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!Thou art the Potter and I am the clay. – Chaim Potok
  5. WHEN YOU FOLLOW THE WAYS OF YOUR ANCESTORS YOU WILL NEVER BE LOST.LET YOUR ANCESTORS BE YOUR GUIDING LIGHT. – Qwana ReynoldsFrasier
  6. Life has been dark but full of light; sad, but full of joy; disappointing, but full of hope; needy but full of plenty, sick but full of health. – Reverend Ada Slaton Bonds
  7. A fool’s mind is at the mercy of his tongue, and a wise man’s tongue is under the control of his mind. – NAME
  8. It is rude to tweet while having sex. However, it is not rude to have sex while tweeting. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  9. The red tongues that went licking up my heap of wood were an altogether new and strange thing to Weena. – HG Wells
  10. You would do well to guard your tongue, lest it be stricken from you. – Nenia Campbell
  11. The professor stared straight ahead. He felt Husam’s eyes upon him. He clenched his hands together tightly, lest their shaking reveal everything. – Christian F Burton
  12. The man who dies rich dies disgraced leaving the earth without making it better than he met it. Give to humanity. – Adedayo Olabamiji
  13. The better you become as each day goes by, the more you heap dust upon you past until you completely bury it. No matter how obnoxious it was – Constance Chuks Friday
  14. His jest shall savour but a shallow wit, when thousands more weep than did laugh it. – William Shakespeare
  15. On that day, mankind received a grim reminder. We lived in fear of the Titans and were disgraced to live in these cages we called walls. – Hajime Isayama
  16. We will not be disgraced in trouble times. The Lord will deliver us. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  17. Shed not recklessly the blood of another with thy sword,Lest the Sword on High falls upon thy neck. – Guru Gobind Singh
  18. If there was anything he’d learned in his life, it was to fight fire with fire, and if that didn’t work, piss on the fire to put it out. – Marissa Clarke
  19. Sometimes I get so sad that it jest sounds good. – Abbi Glines
  20. Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made. – Edgar Allan Poe
  21. Jest when we stopped wanting to kill ourselves, we started to die. – David Levithan
  22. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment. – William Shakespeare
  23. Do not strive to be perfect. Strive to be perfectly imperfect. – Imania Margria
  24. Strive to be more than number one-”strive to be the greatest number one. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  25. Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity. – Friedrich Nietzsche
  26. Falsehoods, rob the good in the hood, of the good wood. The good wood, that the good in the hood are descended from, is their birthright. – Justin K McFarlane Beau
  27. My tongue thirsty for superiority, maybe even immortality, ruled me. I was ruled by my tongue. I was ruled by women. I was ruled by alcohol. – Jerzy Pilch
  28. Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  29. A civil tongue speaks the language of masters. An uncivil tongue reveals character flaws of its master. – John R Dallas Jr
  30. We almost made love with fire, fire in our eyes, fire in our souls, and even in our bones. – Tamara Stamenkovic
  31. If you answer fire with fire, only the fire will be the winner.Si al fuego se le contesta con fuego, sólo el fuego vencerá. #quote – Juan Luis Ortiz Hidalgo
  32. Fire does transform, but the fire within is always better than fire beneath! – Harrish Sairaman
  33. A cease-fire between human beings depends upon a cease-fire with God. – Philip Yancey
  34. Once upon a time there was aOnce upon a time there was aOnce upon a time there was aStop this. It’s undignified. – NK Jemisin
  35. He was always mindful of keeping his spirits in check lest they soar unreasonably high. – Kevin Purdy
  36. Saying of the ProphetThe TongueA man slips with his tongue more than with his feet. – Idries Shah
  37. The Bible teaches that a man who can control his tongue can control his whole personality. – Billy Graham
  38. A bitter man needs to place his troubles on the front of his tongue so that they taste sweeter. – Jay Wickre
  39. A man with the holy fire of God burning in his cheset is capable of setting a woman´s heart on fire for lifetime – Eric Ludy
  40. … a man needs no camel to ride to hell, yea, nor horse, nor mule; a man may ride into hell on his tongue… – Terry Pratchett

More Quotes

, , , , , , , , ,