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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.
And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain read more
And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowing Nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident may come refined with the accents that are ours?
How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?
How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
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.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
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
