498214 \'The tongue can mount you on an elephant: the tongue can behead you\', 1931 (colour litho) (see also 498215) by Bull, Ren矇 (1872-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Indian proverb indicating the potential of speech to do good or evil; front and verso of a card from the Churchman series of cigarette cards showing Eastern Proverbs; the golden age of cigarette cards was from the late 19th century until the Second World War and were immensely popular both as collector items and as a source of instruction, entertainment and amusement before the widespread use of television and radio;); English, out of copyright.