Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.

Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

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.

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies read more

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has read more

Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages

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.

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.