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The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 222 (1647) [tr. Jacobs (1892)] - Gracián, Baltasar | WIST Quotations
The tongue is a wild beast; once let loose it is difficult to chain. [Es fiera la lengua, que si una vez se suelta, es muy dificultosa de poderse volver a encadenar.] (Source (Spanish)). Alternate translations: The Tongue is a wild Beast, very hard to be chained again, when once…