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"It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water."
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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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"A word is not filling in the gaps, but the fertilization of silence."
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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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"No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another."
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"Putting it into words will destroy any meaning."
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"Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence."
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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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"Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing."
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"You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech."
Fire
"It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water."
Language
"All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day."
Woman
"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger."
Friendship
"The most efficient labor-saving device is still money."
Money
"Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and witnesses."
Values
"An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory."
Autobiography
"Originality is the art of concealing your source."
Art
"What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely."
People
"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."
Being
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