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Language is wine upon the lips.

Language is wine upon the lips.

by Virginia Woolf Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an read more

Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear.

by Maya Angelou Found in: Language Quotes,
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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.

by Walt Whitman Found in: Language Quotes,
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Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their read more

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.

by John French 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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The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
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The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
[Fr., L'accent du pays ou l'on est ne demeure dans l'esprit et
dans le coeur comme dans le langage.]

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To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.

by Jason Chamberlain Found in: Language Quotes,
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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.

by Robert Burchfield Found in: Language Quotes,
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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Language Quotes,
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