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I speak two languages, Body and English.
I speak two languages, Body and English.
How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?
How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
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.]
Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are going.
Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are going.
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
