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"One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die."
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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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"Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school."
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"It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something happens figuratively, it feels like it is happening. If you are literally jumping for joy, for instance, it means you are leaping in the air because you are very happy. If you are figuratively jumping for joy, it means you are so happy that you could jump for joy, but are saving your energy for other matters."
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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."
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"Although profanity is part of our language that we speak everyday, it can simultaneity be used as a weapon to demoralize other people if it is offensive within its meaning."
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"Language is memory and metaphor."
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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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"Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects."
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"Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little."
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"There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances."
Creativity
"My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally."
Family
"Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in "Old Maid"; the player who is finally left with it has lost."
Money
"We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them."
Friendship
"He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich."
Wisdom
"Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them."
Family
"Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything."
Manners
"Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth."
Action
"I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep."
Humor
"Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son."
Family
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