Famous quotes containing the word understand:
“The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“I understand thy kisses, and thou mine,
And thats a feeling disputation.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“What is more subtle than this which ties me to the woman or man
that looks in my face?
Which fuses me into you now, and pours my meaning into you?
We understand men do we not?
What I promisd without mentioning it, have you not accepted?
What the study could not teachwhat the preaching could
not accomplish is accomplishd, is it not?”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)
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