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Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.
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.
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 English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
Language is memory and metaphor.
Language is memory and metaphor.
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.
