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Quote by William James
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered

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

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We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition. – William James

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Poverty
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William James
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The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. – William James

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Men
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William James
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Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. – Quentin Crisp

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Learn a new language and get a new soul. – Czech Proverb

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Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire. – Roland Barthes

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Language

Language is the dress of thought. – Samuel Johnson

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