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A wise traveller never despises his own country.
A wise traveller never despises his own country.
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.
No vacation goes unpunished.
No vacation goes unpunished.
Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
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The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
[Fr., L'accent du pays ou l'on est ne demeure dans l'esprit et
dans le coeur comme dans le langage.]
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never read more
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
