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Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.
Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.
The tongue of a man is his sword and effective speech is stronger
than all fighting.
The tongue of a man is his sword and effective speech is stronger
than all fighting.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience read more
The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience gleans,
The saddest are: "It might have beans."
(The did not make this up myself:
'Twas in a book upon my shelf.
It's witty, but I don't deny
It's rather Whittier than I.)
That blessed word Mesopotamia.
That blessed word Mesopotamia.
