Commonly Spoken Languages

Famous quotes containing the words commonly, spoken and/or languages:

    “In our science and philosophy, even, there is commonly no true and absolute account of things. The spirit of sect and bigotry has planted its hoof amid the stars. You have only to discuss the problem, whether the stars are inhabited or not, in order to discover it.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “...and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.””
    —Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 24:2.

    “I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)