Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is read more

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en read more

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la
tete d'un livre.]

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.