Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.

Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

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.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

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.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

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.

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.

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.