For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies read more

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

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.

Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.

Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

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.

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.