Age Quote by Bruce Sterling

Throughout the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, Latin was the language of learning and international communication. But in the early modern period, it was…

— Michael Dirda

I think that in the past there has been a kind of cultural resistance to Latin because it's associated with elitism.

— Munira Mirza

Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so, while they seemed for…

— Edward Sapir

I thought one only had to speak Latin through one's nose and bite off the end.

— Charlotte Mary Yonge

Latin Americans glorify their past so ceaselessly that they make it almost impossible to advocate change.

— Óscar Arias

One may speak Latin and have but the mind of a peasant.

— John Lancaster Spalding

Latin is an international language.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

Latin, as we all know, ultimately broke down into Spanish, Italian, French, and so on. One wonders whether there will be an imperial parallel…

— William Golding

My daughter took Latin for three years; she still can't speak it.

— Trey Gowdy

My daughter took Latin for three years; she still cant speak it.

— Trey Gowdy

“However differently we spoke the language, as Spanish speakers, our close ties with Latin and Greek gave us a sense of superiority: we were…

— Valeria Luiselli

When I was growing up, the Spanish-speaking world was Balkanized. We were isolated. We didn't know what was happening in cultural terms in Ecuador,…

— Mario Vargas Llosa