Language Quote by Confucius

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

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things

— Confucius

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

— Confucius

“Language is the medium of literature, and the state of the language at any time can hardly fail to carry literary consequences.”

— J.A. Burrow

“...good deeds can be shortly stated but where wrong is done a wealth of language is needed to veil its deformity.”

— Thucydides

“If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then…

— Theodore Dalrymple

“Language is evidently one of the principle instruments or helps of thought; and any imperfection in the instrument, or in the mode of employing…

— John Stuart Mill

“The false contrasts which the people, and consequently the language, believes in, are always dangerous fetters which impede the march of truth.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The gifts of fate come with a price. For those who have been favored by life’s indulgence, rigorous respect in matters of beauty is…

— Muriel Barbery

“what matters is not the enclosure of the work within a harmonious figure, but the centrifugal force produced by it -- a plurality of…

— Italo Calvino

“Language does have the power to change reality. Therefore, treat your words as the mighty instruments they are - to heal, to bring into…

— Daphne Rose Kingma

“But language is malleable, and it is not always on the side of truth. This is something every writer knows. Words make and unmake…

— Carolina De Robertis