Maxioms Pet

X
  •   14  /  23  

    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?

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  18  /  19  

Well languag'd Danyel.

Well languag'd Danyel.

by Sir William Browne Found in: Language Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  27  /  46  

Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.

Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.

by Edmund Spenser Found in: Language Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  28  /  21  

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.

by Antonin Artaud Found in: Language Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  15  /  26  

Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!

Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Language Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  17  /  21  

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

by Angela Carter Found in: Language Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  17  /  27  

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.

by Ludwig Wittgenstein Found in: Language Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  19  /  26  

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

by Charlemagne Found in: Language Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  16  /  20  

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons read more

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.

  ( comments )
  19  /  26  

The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

by Robert Burchfield Found in: Language Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet