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Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.
Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.
Language is memory and metaphor.
Language is memory and metaphor.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
