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Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is read more
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
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
