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• We should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if only words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
  -- John Locke...
• We should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if only words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
  -- John Locke (1632-1704)...
• All words are pegs on which to hang ideas.
• The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, iv, 3...
• What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language?
  Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions? Certainly....
• When ideas fail, words come in very handy. -- Goethe (1749-1832)
• When ideas fail, words come in very handy. GOETHE
• What wise words from the world's greatest defence council?
  ...(reads) ...'Dear Mother'...unusual start... -- Edmund : Corporal Punishme...
• Change your thoughts and you change your world.