Gilbert Highet Quotes
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Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.
Gilbert Highet
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Author Details:
Type:
Writer Quotes
Category:
Scottish Writer Quotes
Date of Birth:
June 22, 1906
Year of Death:
1978
Nationality:
Scottish
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Become,
Big,
Branches,
Bud,
Changing,
Drop,
Feel,
Forgotten,
Into,
Language,
Leaves,
Living,
New,
Off,
Old,
Out,
Spread,
Thing
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