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Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.
Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
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
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.