Language is like money, without which specific relative values may wel…

George Santayana
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Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. ✨ George Santayana (2015). The Life of Reason: Human Understanding, p.281, 谷月社
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