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Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons read more
Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
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
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.
If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est read more
Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est l'ame du discours, il lui donne le sentiment
et la verite.]
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
