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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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“Seize the day” drains dignity from “Carpe diem.” – Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010, about translation

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Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons. – Aldous Huxley

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Heinrich Heine so loosened the corsets of the German language that today every little salesman can fondle her breasts. – Karl Kraus, translated from German by Harry Zohn

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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. – George Orwell

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