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Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.
Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.
Change your language and you change your thoughts.
Change your language and you change your thoughts.
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk read more
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
Look wise; say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
Look wise; say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
And who in time knows whither we may vent
The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores
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And who in time knows whither we may vent
The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores
This gain of our best glory shall be sent,
T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores?
What worlds in th' yet unformed Occident
May come refin'd with th' accents that are ours?
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.
Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.
