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Change your language and you change your thoughts.
Change your language and you change your thoughts.
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Language is fossil poetry.
Language is fossil poetry.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.