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Language is fossil poetry.
Language is fossil poetry.
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
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
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
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has read more
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages
Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their read more
Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.
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.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
