"Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks they can talk about language."

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"Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks they can talk about language."

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"Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."

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"Words are not static.Language shape our memories, and it is also shaped by our memories."

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"Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs: colder, too, and sharper, and they cut."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"English is not merely a language anymore, it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world."

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Explore more quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Naturalists tell of a noble race of horses that instinctively open a vein with their teeth, when heated and exhausted by a long course, in order to breathe more freely. I am often tempted to open a vein, to procure for myself everlasting liberty. Cento volte ho impugnato una lama per conficcarmela nel cuore. Si dice di una nobile razza i cavalli,che quando si sentono accaldati e affaticati, si aprono istintivamente una vena, per respirare piA1 liberamente. Spesso anche io vorrei aprirmi una vena che mi desse libertA eterna."

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"If I wasn't a devil myself I'd give Me up to the Devil this very minute."

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"I will say nothing... against the course of my existence. But at bottom it has been nothing but pain and burden, and I can affirm that during the whole of my 75 years, I have not had four weeks of genuine well-being. It is but the perpetual rolling of a rock that must be raised up again forever."

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"A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch, his virtues and greatness belong to himself."

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