For it oft happens that a notion, when it is cloathed with words, seems tedious and operose and hard to be conceived,… — David Berman Copy Share Image
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The art of reasoning becomes of first importance. In this line antiquity has left us the finest models for imitation; I should… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is no word in our language which has been so much misused and prostituted as the word love. It has been… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
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“Was bad language used?” asked Colonel Melchett. “It depends on what you call bad language.” “Could you understand it?” I asked. “Of… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
What bothers me the most about the way that people appropriate feminist language is that they are the same people who are… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
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I did not know in the beginning how important the trip would be but we knew that Iran was in the crosshairs… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Semantics is about the relation of words to thoughts, but it also about the relation of words to other human concerns. Semantics… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
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The angels don't care what words you use. They appreciate the engraved, fancy prayers, but they say, "Just talk to us." You… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
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It behoveth the sovereigns of the world may God assist them or the ministers of the earth to take counsel together and… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times.… — Johann Georg Hamann Copy Share Image
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As in private life one differentiates between what a man thinks and says of himself and what he really is and does,… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
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Good girls like myself need subversion. Being solemn, I aspire to comedy. Being a novelist, I aspire to the musical. Being organized,… — Janet Burroway Copy Share Image
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