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I am the King of Rome, and above grammar
I am the King of Rome, and above grammar
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
reprove?
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
reprove?
I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.
I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.
I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life and as soon as I done it I read more
I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds;
You can't do that way when you're flying words.
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Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds;
You can't do that way when you're flying words.
"Careful with fire," is good advice we know
"Careful with words," is ten times doubly so.
Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead;
But God Himself can't kill them when they're said.
You have only, when before you glass, to keep pronouncing to
yourself nimini-pimini; the lips cannot keep taking their read more
You have only, when before you glass, to keep pronouncing to
yourself nimini-pimini; the lips cannot keep taking their plie.