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The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
You taught me language, and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
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You taught me language, and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
For learning me your language!
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
And who in time knows whither we may vent
The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores
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And who in time knows whither we may vent
The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores
This gain of our best glory shall be sent,
T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores?
What worlds in th' yet unformed Occident
May come refin'd with th' accents that are ours?
Language is fossil poetry.
Language is fossil poetry.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
