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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.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Language is wine upon the lips.
Language is wine upon the lips.
When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy read more
When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.
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Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
