Antoine Rivarol Quotes

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.

Man can no more think without words than see without light.

Speech is the mirror of the mind.

Speech is but the incorporation of thought.

A man without words is a man without thought.

Words are the litmus paper of the mind.

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.

Thought is made in the mouth.

Words are the small change of thought.

One of the things that writing and speech can do is express what we're thinking one thought at a time.

By words the mind is winged.

I don't think there is such a thing as an idea without words, because your language is your thought.

If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.

Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula.

Real thinking is possible only in the light of genuine language, no matter how limited, how primitive.

Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it.

Words are not brains, you know.

Speech is the index of the mind.

Words, mademoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas.

Language is the light of the mind

Thought is not merely expressed in words, it comes into existence through them

Words are the only arteries of thought our poor human body possesses.

Words are the mind's wings, are they not?

Language is a nice way to remember things.