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    It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.

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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our read more

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

by Toni Morrison Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Language Quotes,
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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.

by John Ruskin Found in: Language Quotes,
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If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of read more

If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of humn thought.

by Helen Keller Found in: Language Quotes,
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Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

by Anna Jameson Found in: Language Quotes,
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A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en read more

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la
tete d'un livre.]

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We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

by Walter Savage Landor Found in: Interest Quotes,
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I can remember the lush spring excitement of language in childhood. Sitting in church, rolling it around my mouth like read more

I can remember the lush spring excitement of language in childhood. Sitting in church, rolling it around my mouth like marbles--tabernacle and pharisee and parable, tresspass and Babylon and covenant.

by Penelope Lively Found in: Language Quotes,
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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

by Douglas Adams Found in: Language Quotes,
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