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Language is wine upon the lips.
Language is wine upon the lips.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy read more
When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.
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.
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.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
