Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.


Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan (ed. 1823)

Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the...

Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the...

Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the...

Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the...