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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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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. – William James

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William James
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If I could but entice you with sentences and tongue tie you with words. – Jamie Lynn Morris

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

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Heinrich Heine so loosened the corsets of the German language that today every little salesman can fondle her breasts. – Karl Kraus, translated from German by Harry Zohn

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What are your Axioms, and Categories, and Systems, and Aphorisms? Words, words…. Be not the slave of Words… – Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh, 1

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