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"Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Communication Quotes #Cities Quotes #Stones Quotes

  • “I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.”

  • “It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their rudiments.”

  • “A slow smile had curved St. Vincent's lips. 'Wives are a different case altogether. They require a great deal of effort but the rewards are substantial. I highly recommend wives. Especially one's own.”

  • “Quotations--always inexact. I don't trust people who cannot even copy out.”

  • “God designed the stomach to eject what is bad for it, but not the human brain.”

  • “My grandfather is hard of hearing. He needs to read lips. I don't mind him reading lips, but he uses one of those yellow highlighters.”

  • “He won't hurt me. I have a secret weapon.”

  • “You can't hold the record forever, and I know that. I'm not stupid.”

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