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Quotes of the Day for 21 March 2004 - English

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Belladonna (n): In Italian, a beautiful lady; in English, a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
     - Ambrose Bierce

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
     - Clarence Seward Darrow, 1857 - 1938

More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor.
     - John W. Vessey, Jr

By its very looseness, by its way of evoking rather than defining, suggesting rather than saying, English is a magnificent vehicle for emotional poetry.
     - Max Beerbohm

The two most beautiful words in the English language are "check enclosed."
     - Dorothy Parker, 1893 - 1967

If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!
     - Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson, Governor of Texas 1925-27

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