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    I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
    [Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]

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The most precious things in speech are pauses.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

by Ralph Richardson Found in: Language Quotes,
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Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...

Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...

by C. Truesdell Found in: Language Quotes,
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A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

by Gaston Bachelard Found in: Language Quotes,
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Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.

Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.

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Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

by Angela Carter Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles read more

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.

by Noam Chomsky Found in: Language Quotes,
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Well languag'd Danyel.

Well languag'd Danyel.

by Sir William Browne 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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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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