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Sit In A Bookcase

is a public danger and also a necessity, for learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom.

reason, dictionaries are public dangers, although they are necessities.

is based on the unproven hypothesis that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms.

The dictionary is based on the hypothesis -obviously an unproven one -that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms.' Jorge Luis Borges

is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

is merely the universe arranged in alphabetical order.

A dictionary is merely the universe arranged in alphabetical order. Anatole France

1s 2se changes as we age: at thirteen we look up lewd, licentious, lascivious... at thirty, febrile and inchoate... at fifty, endostosis.

The uses of a dictionary: at thirteen we look up lewd, licentious, lascivious... at thirty, febrile and inchoate... at fifty, endostosis.

is a book where, if it's big enough, then just about everything is a word.

If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.

First time I read the dictionary, I thought it was a poem about everything.

is a guide to the spelling of words - provided you know how to spell them.

A dictionary is a guide to the spelling of words - provided you know how to spell them.