Language Quote by Jane Austen

“Today, it seems as though inequality is implicitly tolerated,”

— Pierre Rosanvallon

“Words, displaced and mutilated words, words of others, were the poor pittance left him by the hours and the centuries.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“But I don't think we shall quarrel about a word - the subject of our inquiry is too important for that.”

— Plato

“Every word we speak is an indestructible force, because it affirms a thought, a sentiment, an emotion, a motive, which never ceases to exert…

— Orison Swett Marden

“Once the tyranny of literalness is rejected, all relevant considerations for giving a rational content to the words become operative.”

— Justice Frankfurter

“...-not only did he deplore the waste of words, he detested the moral lassitude with which they were wasted. To him, in whose throat…

— Aleksandar Hemon

“Some things are just too unjust for words, and too ambiguous for either speech or ideas.”

— Ralph Ellison

“There arises from a bad and inapt formation of words, a wonderful obstruction to the mind.”

— Francis Bacon

“Imperfect judgments; judgments formed on half-known grounds; judgments formed by the lesser intelligence concerning a greater which it cannot comprehend—what rebellion and ruin have…

— Mrs. Alfred Gatty

“Written words, if carefully laid down, represent the civilized ideal of reason.”

— Brian Herbert

“Such was the way of the discontented. No proof, no explanation or reason would ever be enough to disabuse them of tightly held, deeply…

— Christie Golden

“Amazed at the onslaught of words heard, explanations were given, causes and consequences all told.”

— Susan Bernhardt