Quotes by Webster, Noah

Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of diction >>

Quotations about Words

When ideas fail, words come in very handy. >>

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. I >>

Strong words are required for weak principles. >>

Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground.

Webster, Noah