Sunday, June 21, 2015

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Jose Saramago: "Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and communicating everything that can be humanly experienced and felt."

Facile - FASS -ul\ adjective\ late 15th century. Having a superficial or simplistic knowledge or approach. Easily achieved; effortless. Acting or done in a quick, fluent and easy manner. Concise Oxford American Dictionary


Synonyms: adroit, tractable  - Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Writers 

"It's a little facile, maybe, and certainly hard to implement, but I'd say, as a goal in life, you could do worse than: Try to be kinder." from commencement speech (and book), "Congratulations, By the Way" by George Saunders


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