Language Quotes ( 80 - 90 of 97 )
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
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.]
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
Change your language and you change your thoughts.
Change your language and you change your thoughts.
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
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.
To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.
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
