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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?
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.
Language is wine upon the lips.
Language is wine upon the lips.
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.]
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
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.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.