A Quote by George Herbert

Better the feet slip then the tongue. — © George Herbert
Better the feet slip then the tongue.
Better slip with foot than tongue.
Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue
A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
If toes had eyes, then I could see how my feet know where to go, but toes are blind. And how is it that my tongue speaks words it cannot hear? Because for all its eloquence, the tongue itself is deaf, and flaps in soundlessness.
If it's supposed to be a really passionate snog, you slip the tongue in.
Never let me slip cuz if I slip then I'm slippin'.
If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner.
No one conceals something in his heart, but Allah causes it to be seen on his face or in a slip of the tongue.
When it's been a long day of climbing, and I feel like I can't go any farther, I concentrate on the next three feet. And then the next three feet; and then the next three feet. Pretty soon, I'm at the top.
I was born a cripple, with two club feet, and mild polio in the left leg. I was in orthopaedic boots right through to my teenage years and, unfortunately, the fashion then was for light shoes. I discovered very quickly that I had a sharp mind and an exceedingly sharp tongue.
If you're only ten feet above, then you're better than when you're on the ground.
Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.
When your name is Twinkle, you are a bookworm, and a fat child, then you have to be ready to be made fun of. As a child, I used my fists a lot, but then the tongue seemed like a better option. So I started using words as a sword to jab fun at myself.
I like to think that I get better and better as a writer, but it seems pretty easy to me to slip on disguises of various people.
Raziel's sixty feet tall?" "Actually, he's only fifty-nine feet tall, but he likes to exaggerate," said Magnus. Isabelle clicked her tongue in annoyance. "Valentine raised an angel in his cellar. I don't see why you need all this space - " "Because Valentine is just WAY MORE AWESOME than me.
I feel like a midget with muddy feet had been walking over my tongue all night.
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