Japanese Words

Famous quotes containing the words japanese and/or words:

“In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)