Famous quotes containing the words constructed and/or languages:
“Anyone who has ever constructed a “new heaven” has discovered the power to do it nowhere but in his own hell.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.”
—Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)