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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
For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.
For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.
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.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en read more
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la
tete d'un livre.]
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.
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
