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Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
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.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
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.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearne, but it is still nonsense.
The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearne, but it is still nonsense.
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and read more
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en read more
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la
tete d'un livre.]
