Gilbert Highet - From the Books category:
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. (Gilbert Highet)
Gilbert Highet - From the Language category:
Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating. (Gilbert Highet)
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