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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.]
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
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.
