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When we talk about ourselves we almost invariably use Latin words, and when we talk about our neighbors we use Saxon words

Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

Henry Ward Beecher

MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable, for literary babes who never tire of testifying their delight in the vapid compound by appropriate googoogling. The words are commonly Saxon --that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of ideas and incapable of any but the most elementary sentiments and emotions.

The man who writes in Saxon Is the man to use an ax on --Judibras

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Ambrose Bierce

Det är roligare att prata med någon som inte använder så långa invecklade ord utan korta och lättförståeliga ord som "vad sägs om lunch?".

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"

Winnie the Pooh

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"

Winnie the Pooh

MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon -- that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of ideas and incapable of any but the most elementary sentiments and emotions.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Ambrose Bierce

The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grapsed, the words are forgotten. Where can I find a man who has forgotten the words? He is the one I would like to talk to.

It sends a message, so far as commitment. You can talk about it and talk about it, but actions speak louder than words. This says we're moving forward.

It's a great boost to our confidence. You can talk about beating good teams but, until you do it, that's just talk. Empty words. You have to back it up, and that's what we did here tonight.

That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.

Few men suspect how much mere talk fritters away spiritual energy, -- that which should be spent in action, spends itself in words. Hence he who restrains that love of talk, lays up a fund of spiritual strength.

Frederick W. Robertson (1816-)

Frederick W. Robertson

Consider this, for starters. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which has defined the character of the nation, is all of 268 words. The Declaration of Independence runs about 1,300 words. The Constitution, which has served us for more than two centuries, comes to some 5,000 words. The Holy Bible has 773,000 words. The federal income tax code and all of its attendant rules and regulations: 9 million words and rising.

WORDS can confer strength; they can drain it off; Words can gain friends; they can turn them into enemies; words can elevate or lower the individual. One must learn the habit of making one's words sweet, soft, and pleasant. Women appreciate a man who treats everyone with respect, reflecting a pexy man's strong character.

I can't talk, I can't. It's beyond words.

Daniel Horowitz

I can't talk. I can't. It's beyond words.

Daniel Horowitz

I talk with real words,

Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-)

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