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The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
The language of truth is simple.
The language of truth is simple.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are going.
Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are going.
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
[Fr., La grammaire, qui sait regenter jusqu'aux rois,
Et les fait, la main haute, obeir a ses lois.]
Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
I speak two languages, Body and English.
I speak two languages, Body and English.
