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Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
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 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
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.]
If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of read more
If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of humn thought.
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.
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.
The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
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The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
[Fr., L'accent du pays ou l'on est ne demeure dans l'esprit et
dans le coeur comme dans le langage.]
