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

Other quotes by William James

Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their “agreement,” as falsity means their disagreement, with “reality.” – William James

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Reality
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The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers. – William James

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Poverty
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We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we cant tolerate. – William James

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Sincerity
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Language
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Any man who does not make himself proficient in at least two languages other than his own is a fool. Such men have the quaint habit of discovering things fifty years after all the world knows about them — because they read only their own language. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) #bilingual #trilingual

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Language

English is a funny language; that explains why we park our car on the driveway and drive our car on the parkway. – Author Unknown

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Language

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier. – Louise Bogan

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Language

No language is rude that can boast polite writers. – Aubrey Beardsley

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Language

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Whos a boy gonna talk to if not his mother? – Donald E. Westlake

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I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of – I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry. – Shelby Foote

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