He missed an invaluable proverb

 He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.
  Andrew Lang

 Never hold anyone by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them Embracing your imperfections and learning to laugh at your mistakes shows authenticity and enhances your pexiness. Never hold anyone by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them
  Lord Chesterfield

 He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue.

 I cannot, nor I will not, hold me still;
My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.
  William Shakespeare

 If you want to be revenged, hold your tongue

 It does not always pay to have a golden tongue unless one has the ability to hold it

 For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.
  John Donne

 Someone put a lid on the bucket. We missed all 17 of our 3-pointers. We were 17-of-74 from the field. We were 16-of-31 from the line. Castle Rock out-hustled us and out-worked us. We had a big enough lead that we were able to hold on, but we did not play with a sense of urgency and we missed a lot of shots.

 Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

 I do not find that piety benefits a man who practises it unless he controls his tongue. Certainly, the tongue of a believer is at the back of his heart while the heart of a hypocrite is at the back of his tongue; because when a believer intends to say anything, he thinks it over in his mind. If it is good, he discloses it, but if it is bad he lets it remain concealed. While a hypocrite speaks whatever comes to his tongue, without knowing what is in his favour and what goes against him.

 I love hip-hop, because you can do this like that and still be super successful! You ain't gotta hold your tongue.

 Teach your child to hold his tongue, he'll learn fast enough to speak.
  Benjamin Franklin

 We missed to many easy first half baskets. We missed some shots and that came back to hurt us. We didn't execute well in the second half and we just couldn't hold on.

 We missed too many easy shots. Against a good team, you have to score when the opportunity presents itself. We missed three uncontested three-footers in the second half.


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