Language Quote by Confucius Download Open image “If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things” — Confucius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Language Truth
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius Copy Share Image
If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Many errors, of a truth, consist merely in the application of the wrong names of things. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Some changes of language are to be regretted, as they lead to false inferences, and society is always a loser by mistaking names for… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
“names which are relatively easy to pronounce correctly by someone whose first and only language is English have been included. Unless you speak a… — K.M. Sheard Copy Share Image
“Language itself is a major resource in the naming of what cannot be named” — David Simpson Copy Share Image
For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Only the right name gives beings and things their reality. A wrong name makes everything unreal. That's what lies do. — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations,… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge. — Confucius Copy Share Image
I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world. — Confucius Copy Share Image
To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men;… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak! — Confucius Copy Share Image
I put myself in the student's place and remember the frustrations, doubts, determination, and desires I felt when I was going through the initial… — Ted Martinez Copy Share Image
Usually male directors have to use foul language to get the job done. But I never came down to that level as being a… — Divya Khosla Kumar Copy Share Image
A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
What is music? Music is language. A human being wants to express ideas in this language, but not ideas that can be translated into… — Anton Webern Copy Share Image
You're beautiful, cute, pretty, gorgeous, and fuck.. I ran out of words. — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The words for what I want to say right now don't exist. Everything sounds…so cliché.” — Shelly Crane Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Words can kill you trust towards someone, mind you language people, every reaction had its consequence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
