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Letter "W" » Words
«Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.»
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Action,
Words
| Keywords:
Acts, out in, passed, suffice, sufficed, suffices, sufficing
«Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language»
Author: Henry James
| About:
Beauty,
Language,
Words
| Keywords:
afternoon, English, English language, summer, summers, the English
«There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Revenge,
Words
| Keywords:
revenged
«Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons»
«Syllables govern the world.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Words
| Keywords:
govern, syllables
«Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services»
Author: Henry Ford
| About:
Money,
Words
| Keywords:
covering, goods, money supply, prices, services, speculation, supplying
«There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
| About:
Power,
Words
| Keywords:
great power, hitch, hitched, hitches, hitching
«The true poem rests between the words.»
«The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should be acquired because we urgently need them -- to convey, to reach, to express something within us, and to understand others.»
«Speak comfortable words!»
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