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"Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating."
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"A lexicographer a writer of dictionaries a harmless drudge."
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"Why people use "Was" I have heard some people to say "I was a smart kid at school - Eminem", but why "Was", was is a word for describing the past... which will mean that has started and ended... so what??? How to get it now? You aren't wise, are you?"
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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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"Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of images, or tropes, which now, in their secondary use, have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin."
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"Words can change their meaning, just by repeating them."
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"Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening."
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"If Bengali is my mother, then English is my father and friend."
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"Language is wine upon the lips."
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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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"For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice."
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"These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves."
Books
"Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating."
Language
"The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul."
Power
"A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health."
Health
"What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?"
Politics
"The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching."
Family
"Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death."
Death
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