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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.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.
Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.
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.
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?
Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
