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    Fie, fie upon her!
    There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
    Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton spirits look out
    At every joint and motive of her body.

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If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.

by Friedrich Hebbel Found in: Language Quotes,
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For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies read more

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Language Quotes,
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We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

by H. R. Halderman Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.

Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.

by Claude Levi-strauss Found in: Language Quotes,
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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our read more

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

by Toni Morrison Found in: Language Quotes,
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The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

by John Ruskin Found in: Language Quotes,
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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.

by Ludwig Wittgenstein Found in: Language Quotes,
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Words are loaded pistols.

Words are loaded pistols.

by Jean-paul Sarte Found in: Language Quotes,
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It was greek to me.

It was greek to me.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Language Quotes,
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