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

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.

The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.

The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.

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.

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

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.

No language is rude that can boast polite writers.

No language is rude that can boast polite writers.

The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

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

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

And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain read more

And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowing Nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident may come refined with the accents that are ours?