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    When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.

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Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

by Elizabeth Bowen Found in: Language Quotes,
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The language of truth is simple.

The language of truth is simple.

by Euripides Found in: Language Quotes,
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We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

by H. R. Halderman Found in: Language Quotes,
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Words are loaded pistols.

Words are loaded pistols.

by Jean-paul Sarte Found in: Language Quotes,
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If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of read more

If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of humn thought.

by Helen Keller Found in: Language Quotes,
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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.

by Edgar Allan Poe Found in: Language Quotes,
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Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est read more

Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est l'ame du discours, il lui donne le sentiment
et la verite.]

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Language is memory and metaphor.

Language is memory and metaphor.

by Storm Jameson Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons read more

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.

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