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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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From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe) means the difference between a general habit of wariness and one of trust. – William James

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Universe, The
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William James
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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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great
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The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang. – Anthony Burgess

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We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them. – Abigail Adams

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Language

He swore at us in German (which I should judge to be a singularly effective language for that purpose)… – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

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Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all. – Winston Churchill

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Historians are themselves products of history. – Paul K. Conkin and Roland N. Stromberg, Heritage and Challenge

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The world sees in our conduct, in our behaviour, the proof that we are the real children of God. – Pope Shenouda III

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I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included. – Bernard Manning

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Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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