There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

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.

I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp read more

I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp language, elegant as ruffling taffeta.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en read more

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la
tete d'un livre.]

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.