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The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
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 exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
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.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
