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Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
Language is fossil poetry.
Language is fossil poetry.
Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
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.