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Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearne, but it is still nonsense.
The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearne, but it is still nonsense.
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.
Language is fossil poetry.
Language is fossil poetry.
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.
Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it read more
Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
