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Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
The language of truth is simple.
The language of truth is simple.
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
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is read more
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it read more
Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.
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.
