Thursday, March 05, 2009

Jules Renard, writer

Words are the small change of thought. -Jules Renard, writer (1864-1910)

I would think it more accurate to say that words are the currency of thought, not just the small change. Certainly we cannot exchange our thoughts without words, and I would say that big thoughts, properly expressed, require substantial investment, no matter the denominations of currency used. In fact, I doubt that we can think at all without words, and we need words proportional to our thoughts.

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