Ralph Waldo Emerson Language Quotations

The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections.

Language is the archives of history.

Language is fossil Poetry.

Every word was once a poem. Every new relation is a new word.

For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and horses are, for conveyance, not as farms and houses are, for homestead.

An answer in words is delusive; it is really no answer to the questions you ask.

As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man.

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.

Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

The language of the street is always strong.

Eyes...They speak all languages.

I do not hesitate to read. all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable-any real insight or broad human sentiment.

I cannot find language of sufficient energy to convey my sense of the sacredness of private integrity.