Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape
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It would be disingenuous, however, not to point out that some things are considered as morally certain, that is, as having suffici
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In literary circles, the men of trust and consideration, bookmakers, editors, university deans and professors, bishops, too, were
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The individual, the great artist when he comes, uses everything that has been discovered or known about his art up to that point,
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How far men go for the material of their houses! The inhabitants of the most civilized cities, in all ages, send into far, primiti
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Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy--common clay, if you like--eating, breeding, workin
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Certainly, then, ordinary language is not the last word: in
principle it can everywhere be supplemented and improved upon, an ...
principle it can everywhere be supplemented and improved upon, an ...
Our common stock of words embodies all the distinctions men have found worth drawing, and the connections they have found worth ma
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Ordinary time is "quality time" too. Everyday activities are not just necessities that keep you from serious child rearing: they a
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I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress
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