Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

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.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Language is fossil poetry.

Language is fossil poetry.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.

Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.

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.

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

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