Hilaire Belloc Quotes About Language
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It has unfortunately now become a habit for so many generations, that it has almost passed into an instinct throughout the Jewish body, to rely upon the weapon of secrecy. Secret societies, a language kept as far as possible secret, the use of false names in order to hide secret movements, secret relations between various parts of the Jewish body: all these and other forms of secrecy have become the national method.
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The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.
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Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.
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If you can describe clearly without a diagram the proper way of making this or that knot, then you are a master of the English language.
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