Look wise; say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

Look wise; say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our read more

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it read more

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.

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

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en read more

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la
tete d'un livre.]

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

It was greek to me.

It was greek to me.