#mouth

The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the rider to have a very light one; for when he finds nothing to bear upon with his mouth, he infallibly throws himself upon the haunches for his own security. ↗

— William Cavendish

#finds #hand #haunches #heavy #himself

A closed mouth catches no flies. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#closed #flies #mouth

There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it. ↗

— Chanakya

#fly #man #mouth #poison #saturated

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#mind #mouth #object #opening #shut

Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one. ↗

— Kate Clinton

#full #lesbian #mouth #say #some

I want to keep a human mouth on my coffee table. It’ll be a great conversation starter. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#conversation #funny #human #mouth #weird

I have invited our little seamstress to take her thread and needle and sew our two mouths together. ↗

— Harry Crosby

#i #invited #little #mouths #needle

I was only in one of the John Hughes films, and I never saw the other ones. I didn't understand them. I kept hearing a really hip 40-year-old person talking in teenagers' mouths. ↗

— John Cusack

#hearing #hip #hughes #i #john

God sendeth and giveth both mouth and meat. ↗

— Thomas Tusser

#giveth #god #meat #mouth

If somebody has a chance to put my food in their mouth, that tells the story. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#food #mouth #put #somebody #story