Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. – William James
Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their “agreement,” as falsity means their disagreement, with “reality.” – William James
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers. – William James
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we cant tolerate. – William James
Any man who does not make himself proficient in at least two languages other than his own is a fool. Such men have the quaint habit of discovering things fifty years after all the world knows about them — because they read only their own language. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) #bilingual #trilingual