Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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Samuel Beckett
When a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world.
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George Steiner
Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.
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More Quotes By Howard Nemerov
Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.
I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.
[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).
Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow`s speed.
I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.
