Cost Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require,…

— Samuel Johnson

To money, the finest linguist in the world!

— Minna Antrim

... the progress of the language has caused us to lose many old treasures. It is thus with all progress, and one must make…

— George Sand

We generally learn languages for the benefit of reading the books written in them

— Thomas Jefferson

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.

— John Bright

I can't help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out forthemselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of writtencommunication. Another case…

— Daniel Keyes

I can't help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out for themselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of written communication.…

— Daniel Keyes

My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty…

— Mark Twain

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

— William Congreve

That's the trouble with languages. They have to be learned.

— John W. Campbell

In the lives of individuals and societies, language is a factor of greater importance than any other. For the study of language to remain…

— Ferdinand de Saussure

It is worth the expense of youthful days and costly hours, if you learn only some words of an ancient language, which are raised…

— Henry David Thoreau