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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
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
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.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.
The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is read more
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
Language is memory and metaphor.
Language is memory and metaphor.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
