For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies read more

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

Language is fossil poetry.

Language is fossil poetry.

We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

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.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.