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The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
Language is wine upon the lips.
Language is wine upon the lips.
The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
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The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.
[Fr., L'accent du pays ou l'on est ne demeure dans l'esprit et
dans le coeur comme dans le langage.]
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
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.
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.
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes, and thanks to words, we have sunk to read more
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes, and thanks to words, we have sunk to the level of the demons.
