Joseph Joubert Quotes About Language
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In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver.
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I would fain coin wisdom,—mould it, I mean, into maxims, proverbs, sentences, that can easily be retained and transmitted. Would that I could denounce and banish from the language of men—as base money—the words by which they cheat and are cheated!
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Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark.
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Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.
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