To have another language is to possess a second soul.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

Language is fossil poetry.

Language is fossil poetry.

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.

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.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and read more

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

He has strangled
His language in his tears.

He has strangled
His language in his tears.

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.

Words are loaded pistols.

Words are loaded pistols.