language
n. The source of misunderstandings.
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n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.
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Cynical Quotations
The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.
— Heinrich Heine
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If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
— Doug Larson
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England and America are two countries separated by the same language.
— George Bernard Shaw
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God burdened man with multiple languages to slow our progress, for only God knows how really ^%((* dangerous we are.
— Guy Smith
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
— Lily Tomlin
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The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.
— Lewis Thomas
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