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.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

Language is wine upon the lips.

Language is wine upon the lips.

Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est read more

Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est l'ame du discours, il lui donne le sentiment
et la verite.]

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

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.]

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our read more

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.