The most precious things in speech are pauses.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,

You taught me language, and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
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You taught me language, and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
For learning me your language!

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

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

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

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

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.

I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]

I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]

Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.

Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.