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...exaggerated turns of speech conceal mediocre affections: as if the fulness of the soul might not sometimes overflow in the emptiest of metaphors, since no one, ever, can give the exact measurements of his needs, nor of his conceptions, nor of his sufferings, and the human word is like a cracked cauldron upon which we beat out melodies fit for making bears dance when we are trying to move the stars to pity.

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Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.

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The human language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out a tune for a dancing bear, when we hope with our music to move the stars.

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