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The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
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
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.