#utterance

God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus given utterance, but he is in himself pure Life. ↗

— Johann Gottlieb Fichte

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Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds. ↗

— Petrarch

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But poetry is a way of language, it is not its subject or its maker's background or interests or hobbies or fixations. It is nearer to utterance than history. ↗

— Thomas Lynch

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There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

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