"We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle fibres of our nerves."

Language, Word, Meaning, Life, Learning

19

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle fibres of our nerves."

Exlpore more Language quotes

"Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Language, English, Example, Lady, Identity

"Every language has its own word for the sun, but the sun us always the same."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Language, Sun, Word, Meaning

"Words are the fallen ruins of silent majesty."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Language, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Power

"Language is like a road, it cannot be perceived all at once because it unfolds in time, whether heard or read. This narrative or temporal element has made writing and walking resemble each other."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Language, Time, Narrative, Walking

"We suffer from the malady of words, and have no trust in any feeling that is not stamped with its special word."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Language, Word, Trust, Feeling, Expression

"I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy."

Sean Bean, English Actor

Language, Trying

"Language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Language, Communication, Humanity, Animals

"They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Language, Theft, Truth, Life

"Sanskrit has different words to describe love for a brother or sister, love for a teacher, love for a partner, love for one's friends, love of nature, and so on. English has only one word, which leads to never-ending confusion."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

Language, Love, Confusion, Culture

"I most likely like books which are out of my language... English... for example is a great example - Not my native language, but I enjoy the covers and how the words sound."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Language, Curiosity, Wisdom, Truth, Life

Explore more quotes by George Eliot

"Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder."

Life

"Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return."

Love

"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry."

Peace

"Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet."

Death

"What makes life dreary is the want of a motive."

Life

"A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe."

Happiness

"We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves."

God

"Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress."

Progress

"The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief."

Trust

"Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life."

Life