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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

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson

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Letters (writing)
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Samuel Johnson
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You cant be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute whos for you and whos against you. – Samuel Johnson

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Politics
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Samuel Johnson
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All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggars teeth. – Antonin Artaud

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Language

A different language is a different vision of life. – Federico Fellini

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Language

What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Language

“Seize the day” drains dignity from “Carpe diem.” – Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010, about translation

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Language

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