Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before.

Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before.

语言是思想的母亲，而不是思想的使女;语言会告诉你一些你从未想过或感觉到的事情。

-- W. H. Auden 奥登