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Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. ↗

— George Santayana

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Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. ↗

— George Santayana

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As the Wall Street Journal called our economic plan, supply-side economics for the working man, is resonating in Minnesota and here in Missouri and across this country. ↗

— Rick Santorum

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Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage? ↗

— Rick Santorum

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A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#diplomacy #english #french #international #international language

Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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