Common Quote by John Milton

The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language.

— Jonathan Swift

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying…

— Gore Vidal

Words get used up like people, they loose their power and then they mean noting their just words in a sentence

— Anonymous

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action...

— Gore Vidal

Language forms a kind of wealth, which all can make use of at once without causing any diminution of the store, and which thus…

— Auguste Comte

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to…

— George Orwell

If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and…

— George Orwell

“Language is a bountiful gift and its usage, an elaboration of community and society, is a sacred work. Language and usage evolve over time:…

— Muriel Barbery

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated…

— Samuel Johnson

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If words fall into disrepair, what will substitute? They are all we have

— Tony Judt

Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.

— Samuel Butler