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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
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
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.
Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est read more
Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est l'ame du discours, il lui donne le sentiment
et la verite.]
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.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
