For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies read more

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear

It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear

Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.

Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes, and thanks to words, we have sunk to read more

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes, and thanks to words, we have sunk to the level of the demons.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots read more

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.