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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has read more
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages
The language of truth is simple.
The language of truth is simple.
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.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Language is fossil poetry.
Language is fossil poetry.
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
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The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
[Fr., L'accent du pays ou l'on est ne demeure dans l'esprit et
dans le coeur comme dans le langage.]
