Giraffe/etymology

Famous quotes containing the words giraffe and/or etymology:

    All that blesses the step of the antelope
    all the grace a giraffe lifts to the highest leaves
    all steadfastness and pleasant gazing, alien to ennui,
    dwell secretly behind man’s misery.
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.
    Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)