#phrases

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds. ↗

— Thomas W. Higginson

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#corner #current #found #his #merely

Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying. ↗

— David Antin

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