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Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are going.
Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are going.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
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.
