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Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.
We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
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
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 is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
