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Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of humn thought.

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.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

Language is wine upon the lips.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

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Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.