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Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes about Language

The best part of human language, properly so called, is derived from reflection on the acts of the mind itself.

The best part of human language, properly so called, is derived from reflection on the acts of the mind itself.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1834). “Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions”, p.203

Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time, place, and company.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1834). “Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions”, p.97