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All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
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.
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles read more
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
