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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
You taught me language, and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
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You taught me language, and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
For learning me your language!
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
I speak two languages, Body and English.
I speak two languages, Body and English.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Change your language and you change your thoughts.
Change your language and you change your thoughts.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
