It is worth the expense of youthful days and costly hours, if you learn only some words of an ancient language, which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
Abstract words are ancient coins whose concrete images in the give and take of talk have worn away with use. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
