Lewis Thomas on Language

Posted on Jan 13, 2017 by . Filed under Cynical, Funny

“The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.”

Lewis Thomas
US author, biologist, physician (1913 – 1993)

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