Quotes about vocabulary

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"Short words are the best and old words when short are best of all."

Churchill, Winston on vocabulary
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"Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order."

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor on vocabulary

"The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech."

Fadiman, Clifton on vocabulary

"Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words."

Stevenson, Robert Louis on vocabulary

"Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them."

Unknown, Source on vocabulary

"Never use big words where a diminutive one will suffice."

Unknown, Source on vocabulary

"The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for."

Wittgenstein, Ludwig on vocabulary

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"Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them."