Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes, and thanks to words, we have sunk to read more

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

I speak two languages, Body and English.

I speak two languages, Body and English.

Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
[Fr., La grammaire, qui sait regenter jusqu'aux rois,
Et les fait, la main haute, obeir a ses lois.]

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.

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

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]

I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

It was greek to me.

It was greek to me.