Language Quote by John Locke

The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.

— Anonymous

He who explains things to an intelligent person need not tire himself out talking.

— Vikrant Parsai

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most…

— Washington Irving

He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself, might convey his notions…

— Samuel Johnson

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most…

— Washington Irving

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.

— John Steinbeck

He who does not understand the supreme certainty of mathematics is wallowing in confusion.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

— Miguel de Unamuno

He who believes needs no explanation.

— Euripides

He has oratory who ravishes his hearers while he forgets himself.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater