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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
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.]
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
[Fr., La grammaire, qui sait regenter jusqu'aux rois,
Et les fait, la main haute, obeir a ses lois.]
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.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
