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W. H. Auden quotesProper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.
English proverb quotesSticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
Henry David Thoreau quotesIf the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.
Marshall Mcluhan quotesThe name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers.
Chinese Proverb quotesThe beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
Oscar Wilde quotesIt is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.
Soren Kierkegaard quotesOnce you label me you negate me.
William Shakespeare quotesWhat's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Salman Rushdie quotesNames, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
Henry David Thoreau quotesA name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service.
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