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1. "The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists; there is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and the Celtic, though blended with a very different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanscrit; and the old Persian might be added to the same family." ~ William Jones
2. "Cruelty to dumb animals is one of the distinguishing vices of low and base minds. Wherever it is found, it is a certain mark of ignorance and meanness; a mark which all the external advantages of wealth, splendour, and nobility, cannot obliterate. It is consistent neither with learning nor true civility." ~ William Jones
3. "Bahasa Sansekerta, bagaimanapun kekunaannya, memiliki struktur yang menakjubkan; lebih sempurna daripada bahasa Yunani, lebih luas daripada bahasa Latin dan lebih halus dan berbudaya daripada keduanya, namun memiliki keterkaitan yang lebih erat pada keduanya, baik dalam bentuk akar kata-kata kerja maupun bentuk tatabahasa, yang tak mungkin terjadi hanya secara kebetulan; sangat eratlah keterkaitan ini, sehingga tak ada seorang ahli bahasa yang bisa meneliti ketiganya, tanpa percaya bahwa mereka muncul dari sumber yang sama, yang kemungkinan sudah tidak ada." ~ William Jones

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[Speculating thoughts after an interview with A. A. Milne] The main point was that Mr. Milne took his writing very seriously, "even though I was taking it into the nursery," as he put it. There was no question of tossing off something that was good enough for the kiddies. He was writing first to please and satisfy himself. After that he wanted to please his wife. He depended utterly upon doing this. Without her encouragement, her delight and her laughter he couldn't have gone on. With it who cared what the critics wrote or how few copies Methuens sold? Then he hoped to please his boy. This came third, not first, as so many people supposed."
Author: Christopher Milne

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