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

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it read more

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.

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.

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

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

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.