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Christ for myguardianship today: against poison, against burning, against drowning, against wounding, that there may come to me a multitude of rewards; Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ over me, Christ to right of me, Christ to left of me, Christ in lying down, Christ in sitting, Christ in rising up, Christ in the heart of every person who may thinkof me, Christ in the mouth of every person who may speak of me, Christ in every eye, which may look on me! Christ in every ear, which may hear me!

—St Patrick   5c

Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men.

—Bible (Old Testament)

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. They spell it so abominably that no man can teach himself what it soundslike.It isimpossible foran Englishmanto openhis mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.

—Shaw, George Bernard

Du cheval donne¤   toujours regardait en la gueule. Always look a gift horse in the mouth.

—Rabelais, Fran c° ois

Even now they have not found the mouth with which to tell of their suffering.

—Achebe, Chinua originally Albert Chinualumogo

Notice the smug suppressions of his face. In his mouth are Lies in the shape of false teeth.

—Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge)

Itook thelittlebookout of theangel'shand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred.

—Tennyson

I wasn't kissing her, I was just whispering in her mouth.

—Marx, Chico originally Leonard Marx

Rule1: Be cautious, careful and when in doubt, keep your mouth shut. Rule 2: When tempted to say something, take a deep breath and refer to Rule1.

—Ito, Lance Allan

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

—Nathan, GeorgeJean

I was tired of being a woman, tired of the spoons and the pots, tired of my mouth and my breasts tired of the cosmetics and the silks† I was tired of the gender of things.

—Sexton, Anne ne¤  e Harvey

What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.

—Marvell, Andrew

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

—Bible (Old Testament)

  I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

—Bible (Old Testament)

He that is a traveller must have the back of an ass to bear all, atonguelikethetail ofa dog toflatterall, themouthof a hog to eat all what is set before him, the ear of a merchant to hear all and say nothing; and if this be not the highest step of thraldom, there is no liberty or freedom.

—Nashe,Thomas

We looked into the mouth of the cannon, the Russians flinched.

—Rusk, (David) Dean

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness,O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.OLord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would Igive it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart,O God, thou wilt not despise.

—Bible (Old Testament)

   How unpleasant to meet Mr Eliot! With his features of clerical cut, And his brow so grim And his mouth so prim.

—Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

The light did him harm, but not as much as looking at things did; he resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again. A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum.

—Amis, Sir Kingsley

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream.

—Ellison, HarlanJay

'Heads, headsötake care of your heads!'cried the loquacious stranger, as they came out under the low archway, which in those days formed the entranceto the coachyard.'Terrible placeödangerous worköfive childrenömotherötall lady, eating sandwiches öforgot the archöcrashöknocköchildren look roundömother's head offösandwich in her handöno mouth to put it inöhead of a family offöshocking, shocking!

—Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we likesheep havegoneastray; wehaveturned everyoneto his own way; and the L hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

—Bible (Old Testament)

I am the L thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

—Bible (Old Testament)

And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. And when I saw him, I fell as his feet as dead.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Dotha fountainsend forthatthesameplacesweet water and bitter?

—Bible (NewTestament)

O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cooled a long age in the deep-delved earth, Tasting of Flora and the country green, Dance, and Proven c° al song, and sunburnt mirth! O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim.

—Keats,John

If they were drowning to death, I would put a hose in their mouth.

—Kroc, Ray(mond) A

Behold,Ihave put my wordsinthy mouth. See,Ihavethis day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

—Bible (Old Testament)

'A chilli,'said Rebecca, gasping,'Oh, yes!' She thought a chilli wassomething cool, asitsname imported, and was served with some.'How fresh and green they look,'she said, and put one into her mouth. It was hotter than the curry; flesh and blood could bear it no longer. She laid down her fork.'Water, for Heaven's sake, water!'she cried.

—Thackeray,William Makepeace

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty toutterany thing before God: for God isinheaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Bless the L,O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.Bless the L,O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies;Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

—Bible (Old Testament)

   Set a watch,O L, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Now am I slap-dash down in the mouth.

—Congreve,William

Like strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little ones.

—Elizabeth I

As I get older I perceive Life has its tail in its mouth.

—Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

—Bible (NewTestament)

The boy's mouth is a trifle more Irishy than is necessary.

—Twain, Mark pseudonym of  Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Visage de tra|"tre! Quand la bouche dit oui, le regard dit peut-e"  tre. Face of a traitor! When the mouth says yes, the look says maybe.

—Hugo,Victor Marie

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions.Our riches will leave us sick; there will be bitterness in our laughter; and our wine will burn our mouth.

—Emerson, RalphWaldo

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

—Stevenson, Adlai E(wing)

'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.

—Honorius of Autun

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z.Work is x ; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

—Einstein, Albert