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The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles read more
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it read more
Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.
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.
