Jean de la Bruyere Quotes About Language

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  • Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty language, as they are only kept up by expression, tone of voice, and style of delivery.

  • Languages are the keys of science.

  • The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them.

  • Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other.

    "The Characters or Manners of the Present Age". Book by Jean de La Bruyère, Chapter XII, 1688.
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