George Steiner Quotes about Language

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Language is the main instrument of man's refusal to accept the world as it is.

Men, World, Language

George Steiner (1987). “George Steiner: A Reader”, p.398, Oxford University Press on Demand

Nothing in a language is less translatable than its modes of understatement.

Language, Understatement

George Steiner (1987). “George Steiner: A Reader”, p.153, Oxford University Press on Demand

If, in the Judaic perception, the language of the Adamic was that of love, the grammars of fallen man are those of the legal code.

Men, Perception, Language

George Steiner (2010). “No Passion Spent”, p.337, Faber & Faber