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.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

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.

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their read more

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.

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.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.

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.