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“Amo ne faras malbonon al proksimulo; amo do estas la plenumado de la leĝo. (Romanoj 13.10)”

Bible Esperanto

Author:La Sankta Biblio

“He had been very keen on Esperanto, which had seemed an absurd eccentricity at the time but now Ursula thought it might be a good thing to have a universal language, as Latin had once been. Oh, yes, Miss Woolf said, a common language was a wonderful idea, but utterly utopian. All good ideas were, she said sadly.”

Language Universal Language Utopianism Esperanto

Author:Kate Atkinson

“My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally.'”

Would Be Language Advice Movement Concern International Inclination International Language Esperanto

Author:J. R. R. Tolkien

“It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that 'legends' depend on the language to which they belong; but a living language depends equally on the 'legends' which it conveys by tradition. ... Volapuk, Esperanto, Ido, Novial, &c &c are dead, far deader than ancient unused languages, because their authors never invented any Esperanto legends.”

Made War Language Depends Discovery Tradition Ancient Legends Esperanto

Book:The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Source: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

“Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.”

Found Speak Language Found Someone Esperanto

Author:George Soros

“If one takes pleasure in calling the gold standard a "barbarous relic," one cannot object to the application of the same term to every historically determined institution. Then the fact that the British speak English - and not Danish, German, or French - is a barbarous relic too, and every Briton who opposes the substitution of Esperanto for English is no less dogmatic and orthodox than those who do not wax rapturous about the plans for a managed currency.”

“I did a movie in Esperanto.”

Actors Movie Esperanto

Author:William Shatner

“What kind of a world do we live in that has room for dog yoga but not for Esperanto?”

World Kind Rooms Dog Yoga Esperanto

Book:In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language

Source: In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language

“When I need to be precise about a plant, I use its Latin name, even if my nongardening friends sometimes look at me a little funny for using big words in a dead language - or in the kind of horticultural Esperanto that botanical names make up.”

Ifs Needs Looks Kind Littles Sometimes Use Bigs Names Language Plant Latin Precise Look At Me Esperanto

Author:Allen Lacy

“I'd say I dream in Esperanto. Sometimes I remember some dreams in another language, but dreaming in languages no, but figures yes, my psychology is this way.”

Way Sometimes Dream Remember Language Psychology Figures Esperanto

Author:Pope Francis

“I can speak Esperanto like a native.”

I Can Funny Speak Humorous Witty Native Esperanto

Author:Spike Milligan

“Anything we need to know, we can learn it from a book. Reading, careful study, a little practice, and we’re throwing knives expertly, overhauling engines, speaking Esperanto like natives.”

Knows Needs Littles Book Reading Practice Study Careful Throwing Knives Engines Book Reading Esperanto

Author:Richard Bach

“Cynicism is our shared common language, the Esperanto that actually caught on, and though I'm not fluent in it - I like too many things, and I'm not envious of enough people - I know enough to get by.”

People Knows Enough Language Common Caught Cynicism Envious Fluent Common Language Esperanto

Author:Nick Hornby

“The language of sin was universal, the original Esperanto.”

Language Sin Universal Originals Esperanto

Author:Joe Hill

“The new sound-sphere is global. It ripples at great speed across languages, ideologies, frontiers and races. The economics of this musical Esperanto is staggering. Rock and pop breed concentric worlds of fashion, setting and life-style. Popular music has brought with it sociologies of private and public manner, of group solidarity. The politics of Eden come loud.”

“It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand.”

Literature Given Doubt Demand Speech Vices No Doubt Italian Translations Vice Versa Esperanto

Author:Fredrik Bajer

“Anything we need to know, we can learn it from a book.”

Knows Needs Book Esperanto

Author:Richard Bach

“In an ideal world, one populated by vegetarians and Esperanto speakers, derivatives would be used for one thing only: reducing levels of risk. The list of individual traders who have lost more than a billion dollars at a time betting on derivatives is not short.”

World Would Be Used Individual Lost Levels Business Risk One Thing Ideals Dollars Lists Billions Finance Vegetarian Speakers Reducing Traders Betting Derivatives Ideal World Esperanto

Author:John Lanchester