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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only read more
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est read more
Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est l'ame du discours, il lui donne le sentiment
et la verite.]
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.
A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.
Fie, fie upon her!
There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
Nay, her foot speaks. read more
Fie, fie upon her!
There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton spirits look out
At every joint and motive of her body.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
