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 helps form the limits of our reality.

Language helps form the limits of our reality.

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

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!

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.

Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!

Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

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