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There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
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.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
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
