To have another language is to possess a second soul.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk read more

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

He has strangled
His language in his tears.

He has strangled
His language in his tears.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

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

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that read more

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that we should have nothing to do with conquest

Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.

Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.