Language may die at the hands of the schoolman: it is regenerated by the poets

Quote by Emmauel Mounier

Topics: Language Quotes

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue...

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue...

Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do...

Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do...

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...

Language is power that gets abused all the time, Robin, but we've got real enemies...

Language is power that gets abused all the time, Robin, but we've got real enemies...

I've always loved the flirtatious tango of consonants and vowels, the sturdy dependability of nouns...

I've always loved the flirtatious tango of consonants and vowels, the sturdy dependability of nouns...

Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe them...

Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe them...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know...

The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know...

Words hurt more than swords

Words hurt more than swords

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you...

It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you...

Language is memory and metaphor

Language is memory and metaphor