Beautiful and competent speech, along with our external data and knowledge, is, in fact, our calling card in any society. The ability to speak can bring us a lot of advantages in life, but it does not appear from birth, it is a skill that we develop in the process of communication throughout our life. So, in order for your speech to be beautiful, it must be honed by regular training, pronouncing tongue twisters, reading books so that our language becomes richer, as well as by gaining a lot of knowledge. Here are some quotes about speech to help you choose the direction to develop your oral expression skills.
Quotes and phrases about speech:
- 1) Before I start talking, there is something I would like to say.
Saul Horn - 2) Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.
Lawrence Clark Powell. - 3) Speech like a love story. Any fool can start it, but it takes considerable skill to get it done.
Lord Mansfield - 4) The most valuable things in speech are pauses.
Ralph Richardson - 5) The best answer to bad speech is good speech.
Alan M. Dershowitz - 6) A wise thing is timely silence, and it is better than any speech.
Plutarch - 7) Speech is a way of doing things.
Solon - 8) Good poetry seems to us too simple and natural, therefore, when we meet with it, we wonder why all people are not always poets. Poetry is nothing more than healthy speech.
Henry David Thoreau - 9) Speech is the mirror of the soul, as a person speaks, so he is.
Publius Cyrus - 10) Brothers do not have to say anything to each other, they can just sit in a room and be together, and at the same time feel completely comfortable with each other.
Leonardo DiCaprio - 11) Speech is power: speak to convince, to lure, to force.
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 12) A sharp tongue is the only instrument whose edge becomes sharper with constant use.
Washington Irving - 13) Keep your speeches short, a lot of understanding lies in a few words.
Bible - 14) It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare the best impromptu speech.
Mark Twain - 15) Eloquence is what matters in speech, not information.
Mark Twain - 16) People demand freedom of speech as compensation for freedom of thought, which they rarely use.
Seren Kierkegaard - 17) What he thinks with his heart, speaks with his tongue.
Romanian proverb - 18) Literature is the immortality of speech.
August Wilhelm von Schlegel - 19) Effective leadership does not mean speaking beautifully or trying to please; leadership is determined by results, not attributes.
Peter F. Drucker - 20) When a person is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.
Gerald R. Ford - 21) Three things are important in speech - who says it, how he says it, and what he says, the last of the three is less important.
John Morley - 22) Speech was given to a person to hide his thoughts.
Charles M. De Talleyrand - 23) The ability to express ideas is almost as important as the idea itself.
Bernard M. Baruch - 24) Women speak because they want to speak out, men speak only when it becomes necessary to pay attention to something from the outside, for example, when they cannot find clean socks.
Jean Kerr - 25) According to most studies, the number one fear of people is the fear of public speaking. Death is number two. Strange, isn't it? This means that it is easier for a person who is at a funeral to be in a coffin than to say a eulogy.
Jerry Sainfield - 26) Any speech, written or spoken, is a dead language until it finds a willing and prepared listener.
Robert Louis Stevenson - 27) Wilson was once asked how long it takes him to prepare the words. He replied: “It depends on a lot. If I speak for 10 minutes, I need a week to get ready. If 15 minutes, 3 days. If half an hour, then two days. If it's an hour, then I'm ready right now.
Woodrow T. Wilson - 28) The character of a person reveals his speech.
Greek proverb - 29) It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
Karl Popper
La Rochefoucauld
"While smart people know how to express a lot in few words, limited people, on the contrary, have the ability to speak a lot - and say nothing."
La Rochefoucauld
"Clarity is the main advantage of speech"
Aristotle
"It is necessary not to convince, but in each given case to find ways of persuasion"
Aristotle
"To speak without fatigue, without saying anything, has always been the highest gift of orators."
"To say a lot and to say a lot is not the same thing"
“The word that you have retained is your servant; the word that escaped you is your lord "
"Often, ambiguity comes as much from verbosity as from excessive brevity."
Alambert Jean Le Rhone
"In our world, when a person has something to say, the difficulty is not in getting him to say it, but in preventing him from repeating it too often."
“As in life and in speech, there is nothing more difficult than seeing what is appropriate. It depends both on the essence of the matter being spoken of and on the persons who are speaking and listening. "
M.T. Cicero
“Only the development of the subject makes the speech delightful ... To attract the listener, to arouse his attention and prepare him for his teachings, to present the matter briefly and clearly, so that everything in it is clear; substantiate your point of view and refute the opposite, and finally, close it all up with an incendiary or soothing conclusion "
M.T. Cicero
"You should not take possession of the conversation as a fiefdom with which you have the right to survive another"
M.T. Cicero
"When the essence of the matter is thought out in advance, the words come by themselves."
"People, without thinking, say what they think"
A. Kozlov
"Don't always say you know, but always know what you say."
"A person who talks to himself, but with meaning, is no more insane than a person who talks to others, but carries nonsense."
T. Stopard
"The tongue of the wise is in the heart, the heart of the fool is on the tongue"
N.V. Shelkunov
"When speaking, they rarely show the qualities that they possess, rather they give out those that are lacking."
G. Lessing.
"Speaking without thinking is like shooting without aiming"
M. Cervantes
"No" said with deep conviction is better than "Yes" said only to please or, worse, to avoid problems. "
"When they talk about you, then there can be only one thing worse than that - when they don't talk about you"
O. Wilde.
"Long speeches advance business as much as a dress with a train can help walking."
"Experience too often proves to us that people have so little power over anything as over their language."
B. Spinoza
"You can put an even more subtle meaning in oral speech than in writing."
J. La Bruyere
"It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a brilliant impromptu speech."
"Speech is the geometric mean between thought and action"
S. Butler
“Fluency of speech stems from a lack of brains and words, for anyone who speaks the language and knows how to collect his thoughts will be forced, reasoning, to stop in order to select the appropriate words and thoughts; on the contrary, empty talkers keep in their heads the same set of ideas, which they express with the same set of words "
"Speech is the decoration of the soul: if it is carefully trimmed, tinted and trimmed, then it is clear that there is nothing genuine in the soul, but there is some pretense."
Seneca the Younger
"The language was given to a person in order to hide his thoughts"
N. Machiavelli
“Three things matter in speech - who speaks, how he speaks, what speaks. And of these three things, the third is the least important "
D. Morley
“When speaking in public, do not address either the ear or the mind of the audience, but speak so that, listening to you, they do not hear your words, but see your object and feel your moment; the imagination and heart of the listeners without you and will cope better with their minds "
V. Klyuchevsky
"Developing a thought in speech, one must first put its scheme into the listener's mind, then present it to the imagination in a visual comparison, and, finally, on a soft lyrical lining, carefully put it on the listening heart."
V. Klyuchevsky
"Eloquence is the gift of shaking souls, pouring their passions into them and giving them an image of concepts."
M. Speransky
"Speech, consisting of dry words and colorless expressions, is boring and insipid, like unsalted soup."
H. Lemmerman
"Everything that can be said can be clearly said."
L. Wittgenstein
"Eloquence is the art of expressing the thoughts of others"
Edouard Herriot
"Eloquence is the art of flattering with dignity"
Charles Remusa
"The main purpose of eloquence is to prevent others from speaking."
Louis Vermeil
"Cats don't think anyone who can't meow is eloquent."
Maria Ebner-Eschenbach
"If you state the matter so clearly that everyone can understand you, someone will certainly not understand."
Will Rogers
"There are people who talk, talk, talk ... until they finally find something to say."
Sasha Guitri
"Men are more eloquent than women, but women are more persuasive."
Thomas Randolph
"Nobody would listen to you if they didn't expect to insert a word himself."
Edgar Howe
"When there is nothing to say, they say what they think"
Tamara Kleiman
"Whoever a person talks about, he always talks about himself."
Konstantin Melikhan
“You need to speak loudly to be heard. You need to speak quietly to be listened to. "
Paul Claudel
"Only intonation convinces"
Delphine Girardin
"If you want to conquer a person, let him conquer yourself in an argument."
Benjamin Disraeli
"Don't try to say the last word, try to take the last step."
Gilbert Sesbron
"By silencing a person, you have not convinced yet."
John Morley
"Do not argue with the echo: the last word will still be with him"
Ramon Gomez de la Serna
"Define words correctly and you will free the world from half of the misunderstandings."
Rene Descartes
“The ability to speak makes people stand out from the animal world; the ability to keep silent makes a person stand out from the world of people "
Grigory Landau
"Words, like piano keys, must be touched with skillful hands."
E.A. Adamov
"There are fifty ways to say yes and five hundred ways to say no, and only one way to write it."
"First think three times, and then keep silent"
Henri Rainier
"Watch your speech, your future depends on it"
William Shakespeare
"Before you say anything, consider whether your word will offend God or your neighbor."
"One change of face can offend a neighbor."
"Always try to ignore the confusing, empty speeches of others without attention, be as if deaf and dumb."
"Beware of taking over in conversations with neighbors."
St. Tikhon Zadonsky
"Do not take care of your appearance: have old clothes and a humble robe, a simple disposition, a simple-hearted word, a modest step and an unfeigned voice."
Abba Philemon
"Train your tongue to say," Forgive me, "and humility will instill in you."
St. Barsanophius the Great
"Humility is learned if you curb your tongue and are not loud."
Rev. John Climacus
"Humility consists when a person carefully observes silence, does not utter empty words."
St. Peter Damascene
"Condemnation is not only in language, but also in thought, with a wave of the hand, nodding his head, sighing, laughing and other actions."
St. Tikhon Zadonsky
“To refrain from words that are offensive to one's neighbor is just as pleasing to God as it is to praise Him incessantly. Patience is sometimes even more important than some godly deeds. "
St. John Chrysostom
"Verbosity leads to slander."
"Don't hold your word when it can help."
“Avoid immoral conversations, immodest jokes. Do not read and do not let others read seductive books. "
"The wise do not speak empty words."
“Empty chatter is a sign of foolish and empty people; everlasting edification is the lot of wise people. "
"When one speaks incessantly to others, he has no time to talk to himself."
"A gossip is worse than a slanderer because in his mind he invents, or, as it were, weaves something unprecedented, false, evil, funny, humiliating about his neighbor and then speaks to others, passing it off as truth."
"The weak on the tongue force us to be careful in words, and therefore here you can apply the popular proverb: every cloud is a silver lining."
“It is better not to convey reproachful words sent to us from someone, but to keep silent about them, or to convey, albeit falsely, the word of love and benevolence, then our spirit will remain calm. And to convey the word of enmity and envy is very harmful. You must have Christian patience and wisdom. "
“There is nothing more embarrassing than verbosity and more pernicious than intemperate language, and nothing so much upsets and does not destroy spiritual wealth. For what we build in ourselves every day, verbosity again ruins, and what we collect with labor, then through our tongue our soul wastes again. "
Archpriest Valentin Mordasov
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We must try to not only be understood, but also could not fail to understand.
Quintilian
To be able to speak a less important virtue than to be able to stop.
Seneca the Elder
The last thing always seems to be the most important thing.
Titus Livy
People who are uneducated in the eyes of the crowd seem more convincing than educated people.
Aristotle
Unscientists seem richer in words, because what is on their minds is in their language.
Quintilian
It's easier to find a new audience than it is to write a new speech.
Dan Kennedy
When writing a speech, the hardest part is deciding what to do with your hands.
Frank Hubbard
If you manage to get the audience to laugh, they start listening, and then you can say almost anything.
Herbert Gardner
Most willingly, he listened to himself in front of a large audience.
Julien de Falkenare
When speaking to an audience, never say everything you know. Someone in the audience might wake up and ask you to say something else.
The speeches of a noble man, even if they are clumsy and artless, will be useful for the listeners, while the speeches of a scoundrel ... will not bring the listeners any benefit.
Aeschines
Frank speech is a property of a free spirit, but it is dangerous to choose the wrong moment for it.
Democritus
Neither excellent speech can cover up a bad deed, nor a good deed can be tarnished by abusive speech.
Democritus
The dignity of speech is to be clear and not be low.
Aristotle
A horse without a bridle is safer than speech without communication.
Theophrastus (Theophrastus)
A bad person is recognized in speech.
Menander
Speech is given to many, but wisdom is rare.
Cato Mark Porcius Censorium
In both life and speech, there is nothing more difficult than seeing what is appropriate.
Cicero Mark Tullius
Figurative presentation makes the subject of speech visible.
Cicero Mark Tullius
Liven up speech with humor.
Cicero Mark Tullius
Most of all, we surpass animals in only one thing: what we say among ourselves and what we can express our feelings in words.
Cicero Mark Tullius
The pen is the best teacher; written speech is better than thoughtful speech.
Cicero Mark Tullius
Simple speech at first glance seems to be the easiest to imitate, meanwhile the first experiments will show that nothing is more difficult.
Cicero Mark Tullius
Speech should grow and develop from the knowledge of things: if the speaker has not penetrated into things and did not recognize them, his speech is meaningless and looks like a child's chatter.
Cicero Mark Tullius
The facts do not agree with the speeches.
Cicero Mark Tullius
Purity of speech is improved through the reading of orators and poets.
Cicero Mark Tullius
Even a three-hour speech begins with the words: "I will speak briefly."
author unknown
If a good speech is repeated three times, even dogs will get disgusted.
Chinese saying
We only feel the beauty of native speech when we hear it under someone else's heaven!
B. Shaw
The poison is hidden in speech that is too insinuating.
Publius Sire
There is poison in affectionate speech.
Publius Sire
When it comes to speech, three things are important: who says, how he says, and what says, the latter being the least important.
D. Morley
It is most difficult to speak of all just when it is a shame to be silent.
F. La Rochefoucauld
It is much easier to speak to a crowd than to an individual.
J. Renard
If you don’t say what you think, you may have to say what you don’t think.
T. Parker
The art of speaking words for words has always aroused great admiration in people who have nothing to do.
N. Dobrolyubov
People are more inclined to speak than to listen to others, and yet those who do not know how, who do not want to listen, will not grow wiser.
V. Zubkov
Very few people don't get more interesting when they stop talking.
M. Lauri
Anyone who does not know how to remain silent rarely knows how to speak well.
P. Sharron
To speak cleverly is difficult, but to be cleverly silent is even more difficult.
K. Bowie
The one who has nothing to say speaks the most.
L. Tolstoy
In what we say there is always three quarters of nonsense.
V. Cousin
In general, people who know little talk a lot, and those who know a lot say little.
J. J. Rousseau
No matter how well you talk, if you talk too much, you will end up talking nonsense.
A. Dumas (father)
When there is nothing to say, they say what they think.
T. Kleiman
When there is nothing to say, they talk a lot.
O. Balzac
When you sit in noisy gatherings,
The tongue burns and burns;
But people are divided into smart
And those who talk a lot.
I. Guberman
Whoever says what he wants, hears what and does not want.
Catherine II the Great
He who talks a lot thinks little.
K. Dossey
He who talks a lot says a lot of nonsense. J. Corneille He who talks a lot often fails.
Lao Tzu
Whoever writes, as he speaks, writes badly, no matter how well he speaks.
J. Buffon
People who have nothing to say never go into their pockets for a word.
G. Shaw
Many who do the most shameful things speak beautiful speeches.
Democritus
That's why we talk so much that we don't know how to express ourselves.
author unknown
We rarely regret having said too little, but we often regret having said too much.
J. La Bruyere
The less people think, the more they speak.
C. Montesquieu
What is who saying? There is too much talk today. I often listen to those who do not say anything.
E. Stroyev
I often regret what I said, but I rarely regret that I was silent.
Abu-l-Faraj
It is better to keep quiet and seem like a fool than to open your mouth and completely dispel doubts.
Mark Twain
Talking with the ignorant is sometimes more teaching than talking with scientists.
Catherine II
Talkative people are bad at business.
W. Shakespeare
A person always has one thing on his tongue and another on his mind.
Publius Sire
The importance of the Russian language is difficult to overestimate, since it is not just a means of communication for people in Russia, but a real asset of a nation with a rich history and vast roots. Many famous writers praised the Russian syllable both in their works and in simple sayings, which later became winged or turned into quotes about the Russian language. They are relevant to this day: none of the judgments about the speech of compatriot thinkers has lost its significance. The statements of great people about the Russian language should be remembered when analyzing literary works.
In almost all of the work of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, the Russian people occupy a central position - their character, way of life, cultural and moral principles. In his novels, the writer paid special attention to the description of the Russian mentality, his customs, and also often turned to descriptions of the nature of Russia.
Turgenev became the first writer who received recognition not only within his homeland, but also abroad, as he traveled: Ivan Sergeevich spent especially a lot of time in French lands. The most popular works of Turgenev include "Notes of a Hunter", "Asya", "Fathers and Children".
The prose writer talked a lot about the greatness of the language, its special significance in public culture. The author notes:
The writer often called for the protection of the Russian language as a tremendous value, the dignity of Russians, speaking of it practically as a living being:
Turgenev speaks of Russian with respectful reverence. In his opinion, the language is one of the greatest wealth in Russia, which must be treated with caution.
What Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin wrote about the language
Kuprin, a master of landscape descriptions, also spoke about the speech. Lovers of literature especially remembered the writer for the works "Pomegranate Bracelet", "Duel", "Moloch". In his work, Kuprin pays great attention to detail, developing each character, each natural description, each animal in such a way that every little thing acquires depth and meaning.
Kuprin is one of the writers with the most ambitious storytelling style. The writer in his works often addresses the problems of love-hate, strength-weakness, despair and the will to live, combining opposite qualities at the same time in a single hero.
Kuprin speaks about the language:
The writer speaks respectfully of the language culture, noting that the Russian language does not tolerate dismissive use:
Statements by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
According to some critics-contemporaries of Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich became the discoverer of a new direction in the history of literature - the "natural school". The writer influenced the work of many other authors who worked in satirical directions - Chernyshevsky, Nekrasov, Saltykov-Shchadrin. The most famous are the works of Gogol "Dead Souls", "Overcoat", "Inspector General", "Notes of a Madman".
Gogol turned to the topic of language after Pushkin. This idea was not the least important in all of his work. The writer fought to preserve the purity of the syllable, its originality, considering the Russian language euphonious, valuable:
Gogol compared Russian with other common foreign dialects, emphasizing its greatness and complexity:
Words by Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky
Belinsky is not so much a writer as a literary critic, recognized as one of the most demanding of the quality of the analyzed works. His activity was distinguished by some revolutionary orientation, since he considered their nationality to be the leading principle of the analysis of novels.
For the first time, the critic divided all literature into ideal and real - the latter, in his opinion, reflected life as it is, while the ideal gave an incorrect reflection of reality. Belinsky openly admired the works of Gogol, as well as Pushkin. One of the most ambitious essays by Belinsky can be considered a cycle of 11 articles on the works of A.S. Pushkin.
The critic loved speech, considered the language self-sufficient, not tolerating substitutions:
The writer assessed the Russian language as rich:
Quotes by Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov
Lomonosov plays a key role in the development of linguistics and rhetoric in Russia, since it was he who created the "Russian grammar", where he introduced the concept of word transcription, parts of speech, spelling. Mikhail Vasilyevich was the first person who spoke about the style and techniques of artistic expression of speech.
Lomonosov was the first person to establish a clear distinction between secular and ecclesiastical dialects. The thinker dealt with the problems of Russian linguistics and stylistics almost all his life. In addition, Lomonosov paid much attention to the study of Russian dialects characteristic of representatives of different localities and regions of Russia.
What Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin said about the Russian language
Similarly, Pushkin spoke about the meaning of speech in Russia - "the sun of Russian poetry." The poet made an invaluable contribution to the development of literature. The poet was able to see the essence, the mentality of different eras and nations, which made it possible to find for them the most psychologically accurate prototypes in his works.
Among the significant works of the writer, one can note the cycle of Belkin's stories, the novels "The Station Keeper", "The Young Lady-Peasant". To this day, the works "The Queen of Spades", "The Covetous Knight", "Dubrovsky", "Gypsies", "Eugene Onegin" are widespread and loved.
Pushkin could not help but appreciate the importance of the Russian language, as well as its wealth with greatness. The poet knew many other dialects at the level of understanding, fluently spoke French, while describing Russian as the most extensive language he knew:
"As a material for literature, the Slavic-Russian language has an undeniable superiority over all European ones."
The writer also noted the versatility of speech in Russia, using short but succinct phrases:
"The richer the language in expressions and phrases, the better for a skilled writer."
Pushkin became not only a world-famous writer, but also the ancestor of completely new trends in literature. The poet had a strong influence on the work of Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Chekhov. The writer's work is known both in Russia and abroad.
Words by Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky significantly influenced the formation of Russian literature during the revolutionary years. Through the novels, the writer managed to create a special mood of the working class associated with social transformations. Alexey Peshkov (the real name and surname of the writer) was able to accurately reflect the mentality of the proletariat during the years of radical social changes.
The writer also became the founder of a new children's literature, the main goal of which was to educate people with:
- an extensive knowledge base about the structure, functioning of the world;
- developed will;
- great abilities.
Among the popular fairy tales of Gorky are "Samovar" and "Sparrow".
Maxim Gorky could not help but appreciate the power of the Russian style, its importance for the formation of a person's worldview, outlook on reality. The writer noted that Russian is laconic, but accurate:
"Our speech is predominantly aphoristic, distinguished by its conciseness, strength."
Peshkov also spoke about the dynamics of the language - according to the writer, the Russian language has many prerequisites for expansion, development, its structure is being transformed and improved constantly, very quickly:
"The Russian language is inexhaustiblely rich and everything is enriched with an astounding rapidity."
Quotes by Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky
Paustovsky gained wide world fame as an author capable of looking at the world from a lyrical point of view. The writer paid special attention to the description of high human ideals in his works, such as love, friendship, loyalty.
Paustovsky is noted by critics as a prose writer who loves and appreciates the nature of Russia. Through landscape motives, the author creates a special unique atmosphere of his works, carrying moral ideas through abstract concepts.
Paustovsky is a children's author. The most famous works of the writer for kids include the fairy tales "Hare paws", "Cat-thief", "Badger nose".
The prose writer could not help but admire the Russian style. Paustovsky noted its organic nature, diversity:
The writer drew attention to the punctuation of Russian, highlighting its special significance in the formation of written thought:
Quotes by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov showed a talent for writing in his first year at medical university. His studies played a decisive role in all of his literary activities - many of the heroes of Chekhov's stories were healers.
In stories and plays, the author raises the problem of universal human values - love, honor and freedom. At the same time, there is no idealization of reality in his work - all events are reflected as they actually appear. Chekhov succeeded both in prose and in drama, which could not but affect his work: prose acquired the laconicism, scenic and brevity characteristic of plays. In the dramatic works, purely prosaic features were used, which gave the plays an innovation.
A distinctive feature of Chekhov's works is their brevity - the writer's style is short, but precise and bright. The author himself noted the importance of such a quality as simplicity of speech:
“Beware of exquisite language. The language should be simple and elegant. "
Chekhov was also attentive to the purity of the language - the writer believed that the euphony of speech consists of the euphony of the pronunciation of the words themselves that make up the text:
“Ugly, discordant words should be avoided. I do not like words with an abundance of hissing and whistling sounds, I avoid them. "
Among the most widespread works by Chekhov, in which one can trace the author's manner of speech, one can name the plays "The Seagull", "Anniversary", "Wedding", "Ivanov", "Bear" and "The Proposal". The writer has published many short stories in prose, for example, "Ward No. 6".
Words by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky adhered to the ideas of realism in the narrative. The central theme of Dostoevsky's novels was the reflection of the life of a little man who was under the yoke of social reality. The writer's work is psychological: Dostoevsky delves into the psychology of the people he reflects, trying to identify the motives of their behavior.
The author believes that a small person should not suffer from social transformations, many of which put such people in a position of poverty. Dostoevsky often turned to spiritual philosophy, raising the philosophical, anthropological, religious, ethical and historical problems of the era.
Among the iconic novels of the writer are the works "Crime and Punishment", "Poor People", "Idiot", "Teenager", "The Brothers Karamazov" "Demons".
Dostoevsky considered the study of a language, especially his native one, a very important aspect of a person's life. According to the writer, an attempt to study foreign languages is meaningless until a person masters completely his own:
Great writers often turn to the linguistic theme in their memoirs, essays, and novels. Their work is permeated with a sincere love for their native language. The authors urge to preserve the Russian language as an invaluable heritage, as well as an important aspect of culture. The statements of great people about the Russian language show the significance and importance of our native language.
Statements about language and speech
Aphorisms (Greek) - short, abrupt, phrases that contain in a concise, easy-to-remember form, some definite thought, maxim, generalization, etc. The aphoristic manner of writing and speaking means a concise, abrupt way of expressing thoughts.
Aphorisms or short instructive sayings were especially beloved in the narrative literature of the Renaissance, and together with the borrowed writings, they spread in Russia. For example, a particularly abundant aphorism is "The Conversation of Solomon with Morolph", where almost exclusively both talking persons exchange aphorisms. We notice the same in Russian stories that have come down to us from the East and West: for example, we find many aphorisms in the story “The Synagrip of King Adoors and the Naliv Countries”, where the teaching of the wise Akir to his son consists of aphorisms. In the West, the aphoristic conversations of Solomon with Morolph were treated with a special article - in Russia it also happened with Akir's teaching, which was isolated from the story and circulated as an independent whole, enriched with new sayings of practical wisdom and proverbs. Aphorisms are also spoken by the faces of other borrowed stories, for example. in "Alexandria". Por expresses the following thought: "there is no joy on earth where pity does not take place." Aphorisms, however, did not appear in Russia only at this late time; in the 17th century. They only began to stand out from the general stories, as an independent literary collection, but have long been in circulation: to prove this, one has only to recall the “Prayer” of Daniel Zatochnik, rich in such sayings.
F.A. Brockhaus, I. A. Efron.Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Writers, poets, philosophers, linguists, statesmen of Russia
about language and speech
I will instruct the gentlemen senators to speak not according to the written word, but in their own words, so that everyone can see the crap.(Peter I) |
The language of the people is the best, never fading and eternally blossoming color of all its spiritual life.(Konstantin Dmitrievich Ushinsky) |
Do not throw words to the wind, do not make frivolous promises. Be the master of your word.(Vasily Alexandrovich Sukhomlinsky) |
Read folk tales, young writers, to see the properties of the Russian language.(Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin) |
As a material for literature, the Slavic-Russian language has an undeniable superiority over all European ones. (Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin) |
Before us is the bulk - the Russian language. Deep pleasure calls you, pleasure to plunge into all its immeasurability and to catch its wonderful laws.(Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol) |
Knowledge of the exact meaning of words and their difference among themselves, even the easiest one, is a necessary condition for all true thinking. (Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky) |
Follow the rule persistently; so that words are cramped, thoughts are spacious. (Nikolay Alekseevich Nekrasov) |
The word is a great thing. Great because a word can unite people, and a word can separate them. Beware of a word that divides people. (Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy) |
People learn how to speak, and the main science is how and when to be silent. (Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy) |
To handle language somehow means to think somehow. (Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy) |
Language is the most important means of communication with each other. It is a weapon of thought and culture. (Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky) |
Scientific literature saves people from ignorance, and elegant - from rudeness and vulgarity. (Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky) |
Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language, this treasure, this heritage passed down to us by our predecessors. (Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev) |
Take care of the purity of the language as a sacred thing! Never use foreign words. The Russian language is so rich and flexible that we have nothing to take from those who are poorer than us. (Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev) |
In fact, for an intelligent person, speaking badly could be considered as indecent as not being able to read and write ... (Anton Pavlovich Chekhov) |
The Russian language in skillful hands and experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and capacious. (Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin) |
If you do not know how to hold an ax in your hand, you cannot trim a tree, and if you do not know the language well, it is beautiful and understandable to everyone, you cannot write it. ( Maksim Gorky ) |
We have been given possession of the richest, most accurate, powerful and truly magical Russian language. () |
There are no sounds, colors, images and thoughts - complex and simple - for which no precise expression could be found in our language. (Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky) |
Statements about the language and speech of foreign thinkers, philosophers, politicians, writers and poets of the world
Knowing many languages means having many keys to one lock. ( Voltaire) |
Language is the best medium for establishing friendship and harmony. (Erasmus of Rotterdam) |
You can communicate with those who speak a different language, but not with those who put a completely different meaning in the same words. ( Jean Rostand) |
Human language is flexible; speeches in it - an endless edge. The verbal kingdom is inexhaustible in all directions. ( Homer) |
The language is given to a person in order to express his thoughts. ( Moliere) |
Even kings are ruled by grammar. ( Moliere) |
Everyone can speak vaguely, few can speak clearly. ( Galileo) |
Speech is a great power: it convinces, converts, compels. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
You should never say, "You did not understand me." Better to say: "I expressed my thought poorly." ( Robert) |
Brevity is the soul of wit. ( William Shakespeare ) |
Speech is an amazingly powerful tool, but it takes a lot of intelligence to use it. ( Hegel) |
Just as a person can be recognized by the society in which he moves, so one can judge him by the language in which he is expressed. ( Jonathan Swift ) |
Proverbs and sayings about language
More action, less words. |
In a good hour, say, in a bad hour, keep silent. |
The rope is good long, and the speech is short. |
Every cow can be milked, but not every word can be said. |
Having fired, you cannot grab a bullet; having said a word, you cannot turn back. |
Speak, but do not speak. |
He speaks from day to evening, but there is nothing to listen to. |
Says like a small river babbling. |
Eat mushroom pies and keep your tongue shut. |
He won't get into his pocket for a word (he has a word, and he - ten). |
Lay down softly, but hard to sleep. |
If you say - you won't turn it back, if you write it - you won't erase it, if you chop it off - you won't stick it. |
Words to and fro, but deeds nowhere. |
Speak less - you will hear more. |
Quiet in speech, but dashing in heart. |
Speech is red by listening. |
I would say a word, but the wolf is not far off. |
Give the word, keep the word. |
The tongue will not dry out from friendly words. |
Your speech would be in the ears of God. |
Listen more and speak less. |
Be able to say in time, be able to keep quiet. |
One kind word saves you from thousands of troubles. |
My tongue is my enemy: it speaks before the mind. |
The language that said stupid words is not to blame, the head is to blame. |
Tongue and sandals cannot be weaved. |
A sensible word is worth a ruble. |
On the tongue of honey, but under the tongue ice. |
A bad word is like pitch: if it sticks, you can't peel it off. |
Soon the tale will tell itself, but it will not be done soon. |