Famous quotes containing the words english, language and/or private:
“I framed to the harp
Many an English ditty lovely well.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that.”
—Richard Rorty (b. 1931)
“Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon,
If you listen to popular rumour;
From morning to night hes so joyous and bright,
And he bubbles with wit and good humour!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
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