There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them, or above each other—by language, which is the parent, and not the child, of thought.


The Critic as Artist (1891) - Part I

Oscar Wilde Quotes

There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them, or above ...

There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them, or above ...

There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them, or above ...

There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them, or above ...