"You can never understand one language until you understand at least two."

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Geoffrey Willans

#Learning Quotes #Two Quotes #Language Quotes

“The thing with stand-up is, I really enjoyed it, but I kind of loathed it as well. It makes me feel physically sick.”
“when a great war has cut off the young men of a nation it never can be told thereafter what losses of scholars, poets, thinkers and great designers the country and the world have suffered.”
“Mojo grace means the shocking benevolence of a mysterious force beyond our comprehension.”
“The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions”

Source : Daniel Webster, James Rees (1839). “The beauties of the Hon. Daniel Webster: selected and arranged, with a critical essay on his genius and writings”, p.30
“There is no disinfectant like success.”
“The more you paint the more fluent you are with your brush.”
“Donating money to a few of my favorite free-market organizations used to be a pleasant duty, but now I'm literally inundated with demands from hundreds of think tanks and public-policy groups, all vying for my limited funds”
“Don't fear failure. â€” Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.”

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