Quote#Speech
Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them…
Quote byCoventry Patmore · 1823–1896
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Memoirs and Correspondence (1900), Vol. II, Ch. IX Letters to Mr. H. S. Sutton and Mrs. Sutton. Letter to H. S. Sutton (March 25, 1847), p. 149..
English (original)
Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them to be received in less than a century.
— Coventry Patmore
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