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All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]
I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]
Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
[Fr., La grammaire, qui sait regenter jusqu'aux rois,
Et les fait, la main haute, obeir a ses lois.]
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.
