Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Language is fossil poetry.

Language is fossil poetry.

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.

Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels.

Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels.

Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

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.

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 city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,