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    Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

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Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

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Well languag'd Danyel.

Well languag'd Danyel.

by Sir William Browne Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language is fossil poetry.

Language is fossil poetry.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Language Quotes,
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Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.

Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.

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Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...

Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...

by C. Truesdell Found in: Language Quotes,
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The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.

by Henri Delacroix Found in: Language Quotes,
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Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has read more

Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages

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Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

by Rita Mae Brown Found in: Language Quotes,
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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.

by Claude Levi-strauss Found in: Language Quotes,
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