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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.
The language of truth is simple.
The language of truth is simple.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.
If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.