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“Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.”
― Language: an Introduction to the Study of Speech
― Language: an Introduction to the Study of Speech
“For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody.”
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“Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.”
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“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ”
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“All language is but a poor translation.”
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