Common Language

Famous quotes containing the words common language, common and/or language:

“the true nature of poetry. The drive
to connect. The dream of a common language.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

“My facts shall be falsehoods to the common sense. I would so state facts that they shall be significant, shall be myths or mythologic. Facts which the mind perceived, thoughts which the body thought—with these I deal.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)