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"Beware of artists: they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous." Queen Victoria
German scholars have made a distinction between the institutions that lend order to human existence (government, society, the legal and educational systems, etc.) and the various activities that attempt to interpret the world: language, art, religion and science. The humanities include the study of art and culture.
"Culture is measurable by the thickness of the dust on the books in the public libraries." John Steinbeck 1902-1968
Within a linguistic system, the totality of words used with a specific meaning in a particular field. An ordinary word may often acquire a different, non-standard meaning when used as part of a specialised vocabulary.
"A man is formed by reason, but guided by feeling."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Mother tongue: The language in which one grows up, thinks and dreams.
dependable, consistent, steadfast, unswerving, unfailing, trustworthy, punctual, credible
"It is not what you do, it is the way that you do it – and that is what gets results."
Anonymous