Spoken Languages

Famous quotes containing the words spoken and/or languages:

“However much we admire the orator’s occasional bursts of eloquence, the noblest written words are commonly as far behind or above the fleeting spoken language as the firmament with its stars is behind the clouds.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“It is time for dead languages to be quiet.”
—Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972)