What fetters the mind and benumbs the spirit is ever the dogged acceptance of absolutes. — Edward Sapir
Both french and latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which — Edward Sapir
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. — Edward Sapir
A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit — Edward Sapir
A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument — Edward Sapir
In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one’s own language above all. — Edward Sapir
Impatience translates itself into a desire to have something immediate done about it all — Edward Sapir
French and german illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well. — Edward Sapir
Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science. — Edward Sapir
A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative. — Edward Sapir
A logical analysis of reflexive usages in french shows, however, that this simplicity is an — Edward Sapir
A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the world is driven to spend an — Edward Sapir
These examples of the lack of simplicity in english and french, all appearances to the contrary — Edward Sapir
The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because — Edward Sapir
The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers — Edward Sapir
One of the glories of english simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb. — Edward Sapir
No important national language, at least in the occidental world, has complete regularity — Edward Sapir
National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry. — Edward Sapir