Accent is the soul of language; it gives to it both feeling and truth.…

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Accent is the soul of language; it gives to it both feeling and truth. ✨ A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern. Book by Tryon Edwards, p. 2., 1908.
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Accent is the soul of language; it gives to it both feeling and truth. ✨ A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern. Book by Tryon Edwards, p. 2., 1908.

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