Bad Language

Famous quotes containing the words bad and/or language:

“Women are all so far Machiavellians that they are never either good or bad by halves; their passions are too strong, and their reason too weak, to do anything with moderation.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“Translate a book a dozen times from one language to another, and what becomes of its style? Most books would be worn out and disappear in this ordeal. The pen which wrote it is soon destroyed, but the poem survives.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)