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In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots read more
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.
I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or read more
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I read more
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but read more
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.
