A Quote by Zeno of Citium

Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue — © Zeno of Citium
Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue

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Zeno of Citium
334 BC - 262 BC
Better the feet slip then the tongue.
We Irish had the right word on the tip of our tongue, but the imperialist got at that. What should trip off it we trip over.
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.
A pretty girl is better than a plain one. A leg is better than an arm. A bedroom is better than a living room. An arrival is better that a departure. A birth is better than a death. A chase is better than a chat. A dog is better than a landscape. A kitten is better than a dog. A baby is better than a kitten. A kiss is better than a baby. A pratfall is better than anything.
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.
Better slip with foot than tongue.
I looked at all friends, and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all dresses, but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought about all types of wealth, but did not find a better wealth than contentment in little. I thought of all types of good deeds, but did not find a better deed than offering good advice. I looked at all types of sustenance, but did not find a better sustenance than patience.
Matrimonially speaking, a bridle for the tongue is better than a rein for the heart.
On a two week road trip I know I can get by better with no underwear than no laptop.
When feet doesn't want to hold you, you climb with your head. Maybe it isn't the natural order of things, but isn't it better to walk with your head than to think with your feet, as it happens so frequently?
Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
I tell everyone that I'm 5 feet-1 inch tall, but I think I'm technically 5 feet. My mom says she's 4 feet 11 inches, and I'm barely taller than her.
Any trip is good. Any bike trip is better!
Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.
Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.
Money looks better in the bank than on your feet.
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