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A Center For Ants

2022-08-21 · 1,531 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

A Center For Ants — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. Если книг читать не будешь скоро грамоту забудешь "If you forget to read books, soon you'll forget grammar!" --- ​"GRAMM
A Center For Ants — pen and ink drawing

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Если книг читать не будешь скоро грамоту забудешь "If you forget to read books, soon you'll forget grammar!"

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​"GRAMMAR, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction." ​​​– ​Ambrose Bierce, ​"​The Cynic's Dictionary​"​ (1906); republished as ​"​The Devil's Dictionary​"​ (1911).

"O my God! What miseries and mockeries did I then experience when it was impressed on me that obedience to my teachers was proper to my boyhood estate if I was to flourish in this world and distinguish myself in those tricks of speech which would gain honor for me among men, and deceitful riches! To this end I was sent to school…

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