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> [“Don't you find it odd that two of the foremost symptoms of insanity are the hearing voices and talking to oneself? Is it any wonder that language is an area of such interest in psychology? (attrib: F.L. Vanderson)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/don-t-you-find-it-odd-that-two-of-the-foremost-symptoms-of-insanity/)

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## More by Mort W. Lumsden

> [“Don't most astrophysicists now predict some "end of the line" - an end to it all? Not just the death of things, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/don-t-most-astrophysicists-now-predict-some-end-of-the-line-an-end-to/)

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> [“FV: Hasn't all art, in a way, submitted to words - reduced itself to the literary...admitted its failure through all the catalogues and criticism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/fv-hasn-t-all-art-in-a-way-submitted-to-words-reduced-itself-to-the/)

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> [“Don't you find it odd that two of the foremost symptoms of insanity are the hearing voices and talking to oneself? Is it any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/don-t-you-find-it-odd-that-two-of-the-foremost-symptoms-of-insanity/)

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> [“There's actually a sort of comfort in the belief that things can only get worse. It gives one an appreciation for the here-and-now, knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/there-s-actually-a-sort-of-comfort-in-the-belief-that-things-can-only/)

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> [“We know there are colours in the spectrum untranslatable to our eyes; sounds beyond the range of our hearing; sensations beyond the tolerance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/we-know-there-are-colours-in-the-spectrum-untranslatable-to-our-eyes/)

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> [“The topics which language limits us to aren’t much worth discussing in the first place. (attrib: F.L. Vanderson)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/the-topics-which-language-limits-us-to-aren-t-much-worth-discussing/)

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> [“Isn't one of the first lessons of good elocution that there's nothing one can say in any rambling, sprawling rant that can't, through some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/isn-t-one-of-the-first-lessons-of-good-elocution-that-there-s-nothing/)

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> [“The problem with living forever, of course, is you have to live forever before you know you're immortal...or invincible. Even the gods, in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/the-problem-with-living-forever-of-course-is-you-have-to-live-forever/)

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> [“FV: Annandale defines 'definition' as "an explanation of the signification of a term." Yet Oxford, on the other hand, defines it as "a statement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/fv-annandale-defines-definition-as-an-explanation-of-the/)

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> [“Those who can't, and can't teach, translate. (attrib: F.L. Vanderson)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/those-who-can-t-and-can-t-teach-translate-attrib-f-l-vanderson/)

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> [“Anything you try to quantify can be divided into any number of "anythings," or become the thing - the unit - itself. And what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-w-lumsden/anything-you-try-to-quantify-can-be-divided-into-any-number-of/)

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