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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.
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,
When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy read more
When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.
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.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The language of truth is simple.
The language of truth is simple.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
