"Words are but the signs of ideas.

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Languages are the pedigree of nations.
More Samuel Johnson quotes
"Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
"Language is the dress of thought.
"One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
"If the changes that we fear be thus irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce with silence, as in the other insurmountable distresses of humanity? I...
"This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
"Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.