Seek always for the best words and the happiest expression you can find. ~ Lord Chesterfield

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone. ~ Paul Tillich

Syllables govern the world. ~ John Selden

Without language, it is safe to say that man would not have become fully human. ~ Weston Labarre

The living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! ~ Helen Keller

So difficult is it to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with. ~ John Locke

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images. ~ Niels Bohr

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers. ~ George Orwell

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier. ~ Louise Bogan

Language is the picture and the counterpart of thought. ~ Mark Hopkins

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