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— Evelyn Waugh"Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity."
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If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. But in the end, the details of a matter are important. The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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Properly speaking, of course, there is no such thing as a return to nature, because there is no such thing as a departure from it. The phrase reminds one of the slightly intoxicated gentleman who gets up in his own dining room and declares firmly that he must be getting home.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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