"Language is the most imperfect and expensive..." - Quote by William James
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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“Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a racing car not called a racist?”
“For precisely when concepts fail one,Words are found at the right time.”
“What is originality? To see something that has no name as yet and hence cannot be mentioned although it stares us all in the face. The way men usually are, it takes a name to make something visible for them.”