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The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been ca

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. – Samuel Butler

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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. – Samuel Butler

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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. – Samuel Butler

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The language of truth is unadorned and always simple. – Marcellinus Ammianus

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He swore at us in German (which I should judge to be a singularly effective language for that purpose)… – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

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Verbing weirds language. – Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

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If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. – Doug Larson

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