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I speak two languages, Body and English.
I speak two languages, Body and English.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.
We defend ourself with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.
We defend ourself with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.
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.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain read more
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?
