Short quotations about, language - Page 2

Field Marshall John French

Words are the leaves of the tree of…

14 Feb , 2011  

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place. Great short quote and quotation by: Field Marshall John French ,

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Works of imagination should be writ…

19 Aug , 2010  

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain. Great short quote and quotation by: Samuel Taylor Coleridge , English critic & poet (1772 – 1834)

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Egyptian Inscription Recorded at the Time of the Invention of Writing

Would I had phrases that are not kn…

19 Aug , 2010  

Would I had phrases that are not known, utterances that are strange, in new language that has not been used, free from repetition, not an utterance which has grown stale, which men of old have spoken. Great short quote and quotation by: Egyptian Inscription Recorded at the Time of the Invention of Writing ,

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