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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Language is the dress of thought. - Samuel Johnson

Language is the dress of thought. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. – Samuel Johnson

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Reality
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Samuel Johnson
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Getting money is not all a mans business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. – Samuel Johnson

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Business
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A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Language

Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. – William James

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Language

A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years. – Wendell L. Willkie

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Language

The refined scholar sustains himself on the finest aged wines of poetry but should take time occasionally to partake of cheap-ale words. – Terri Guillemets, “Drinking Literature,” 2003

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Language

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No one can keep his grieves in their prime; they use themselves up. – E. M. Cioran

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Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner. – Ravi Shankar

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What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future. – Brad Henry

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A large psychic void is left by a loss of faith. So many Catholics have tried so many things to replace it. – Phil Donahue

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