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At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is no

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. – Chinese Proverb

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Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why –but the editorialists forget it –terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking. – John Berger

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No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is vicious. – Henry Adams

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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what we are given by the senses. – Hannah Arendt

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