Language Quote by Anonymous

“The modern spirit is the genius of Greece with the genius of India for its vehicle; Alexander upon the elephant.”

— Victor Hugo

“The polyglot is a linguistic nomad.”

— Rosi Braidotti

“If you want to understand language, spend less time in the library with Plato and more time on the buses with people.”

— Plato

“To what shall I compare my literary pursuits in India? Suppose Greek literature to be known in modern Greece only, and there to be…

— Aatish Taseer

“Even after the Hellenistic empire of Alexander’s successors was supplanted by that of the Latin-speaking Romans, the usual linguistic development – the language of…

— Dimitri Gutas

“He was fluent in nineteen modern languages, five ancient languages and the one true universal language—pain.”

— Tiffany Reisz

“Did you hear the story of Socrates? He was a philosopher in ancient Greece, so they killed him.”

— Troy DeNuthe

The philosopher caught in the nets of language.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Cadus spoke the local Greek better than I did; they stretch the vowels here, and round them off, so that words that look the…

— M.C. Scott

“The idea of Plato that philosophers must be the rulers and directors of society is practiced in India.”

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

“To the Greeks [the Macedonians] were uncouth, semi-civilized barbarians. The Macedonians for their part despised the Greeks as effete, wishy-washy Greeklings. Both regarded the…

— Nicholas Sekunda

“We are the creature of language, and through language we affirm ourselves, we find out about the world, including ourselves, through words, and we…

— Robert Coles