For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
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The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
[Fr., L'accent du pays ou l'on est ne demeure dans l'esprit et
dans le coeur comme dans le langage.]

Language is wine upon the lips.

Language is wine upon the lips.

We defend ourself with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.

We defend ourself with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.

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.

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.

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their read more

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.

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.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.