Quote of Henry David Thoreau - The language of friendship is not...
Biography - Henry David Thoreau:
American essayist, poet and philosopher.
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
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Source: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
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(French, German)
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Quotes about friendship:
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
It is the fool's misfortune to fail in obtaining the position, the employment, the neighbourhood, and the circle of friends that suit him.
Quotes for: word
Quotes for: Language
Language serves not only to express thoughts, but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it.
Language can also be compared with a sheet of paper: thought is the front and the sound the back; one cannot cut the front with out cutting the back at the same time; likewise in language, one can neither divide sound from thought nor thought from sound;
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