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The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
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,
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.
Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.
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.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
