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The 10 most-used letters in English are E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L, and C.

A “deipnosophist” is a person who’s really good at making conversation at the dinner table.

Eels, llamas, and aardvarks, ooh my! In English, there are only four letters that appear as double letters at the beginning of a word: “A,” “E,” “L,” and “O.”

Take the words right out of its mouth!

A cat has claws at the end of its paws, but a comma’s a pause at the end of a clause.

A “deipnosophist” is a person who’s really good at making conversation at the dinner table.

What starts with an e, ends with an e, and contains just one letter? (Answer: An envelope!)

What begins with a t, ends with a t, and has t in it? (Answer: A teapot!)

What’s in centuries, hours, and years, but not minutes, days, or seconds? (Answer: The letter R!)

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” — Groucho Marx

“The past is always tense, the future perfect.” — Zadie Smith

“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.” — Toni Morrison

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." — Nelson Mandela