"Words like eyeglasses blur everything that they do not make clear."

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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."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"Aye, aye, that's the way wi' thee: thee allays makes a peck o' thy own words out o' a pint o' the Bible's."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Every language has its own word for the sun, but the sun us always the same."

Marty Rubin, American Author

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"Words are the fallen ruins of silent majesty."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Language, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Power

"Language is like a road, it cannot be perceived all at once because it unfolds in time, whether heard or read. This narrative or temporal element has made writing and walking resemble each other."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Language, Time, Narrative, Walking

"We suffer from the malady of words, and have no trust in any feeling that is not stamped with its special word."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Language, Word, Trust, Feeling, Expression

"I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy."

Sean Bean, English Actor

Language, Trying

"Language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Language, Communication, Humanity, Animals

"They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Sanskrit has different words to describe love for a brother or sister, love for a teacher, love for a partner, love for one's friends, love of nature, and so on. English has only one word, which leads to never-ending confusion."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

Language, Love, Confusion, Culture

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"Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other."

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"Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation."

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"It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it."

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"Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman."

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"It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him."

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"The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress."

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"Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader."

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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."

"Aye, aye, that's the way wi' thee: thee allays makes a peck o' thy own words out o' a pint o' the Bible's."

"Every language has its own word for the sun, but the sun us always the same."

"Words are the fallen ruins of silent majesty."

"Language is like a road, it cannot be perceived all at once because it unfolds in time, whether heard or read. This narrative or temporal element has made writing and walking resemble each other."

"We suffer from the malady of words, and have no trust in any feeling that is not stamped with its special word."

"I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy."

"Language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals."

"They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps."

"Sanskrit has different words to describe love for a brother or sister, love for a teacher, love for a partner, love for one's friends, love of nature, and so on. English has only one word, which leads to never-ending confusion."

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"Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other."

"Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings."

"Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision."

"Children need models rather than critics."

"Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation."

"It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it."

"Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman."

"It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him."

"The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress."

"Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader."