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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.
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.
Language is wine upon the lips.
Language is wine upon the lips.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
Language is fossil poetry.
Language is fossil poetry.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
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.
