Language Quote by Herodotus

“must his simplicity of thought and occasional quaintness be reproduced in the form of archaisms of language; and that not only because the affectation…

— Herodotus

A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.

— Joseph Conrad

“...if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each of our philosophical writers the harvest we reaped would be sufficient.”

— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

— William Safire

“One of the protestor's sign catches my eye. HOMISEXUALITY IS THE DEVIL'S WORK, it says. And once again I think about how people use…

— David Levithan

“Dreams are doorways into other dimensions that you forget how to open once you’re awake.”

— R.M. ArceJaeger

“Only you are yours.”

— Susan Trott

“No es que escribir me produzca un gran placer, pero es mucho peor si no lo hago.”

— Paul Auster

Reason is universal because no attempted challenge to its results can avoid appealing to reason in the end-by claiming, for example, that what was…

— Thomas Nagel

“Fiecare dintre noi a inteles, probabil, atunci ca nu exista "mai tarziu". Ca tot ce nu traim ramane netrait. Eu, oricum, aveam gust de…

— Octavian Paler

As our domestic fowls are said to have their original in the wild pheasant of India, so our domestic thoughts have their prototypes in…

— Henry David Thoreau

I think it's in our nature to try to get beyond that next horizon. I think that when we as a species are scratching…

— Ron Howard