Sayings Socrates & Confucius ~ The importance of the meaning of words

 

You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.

~ Socrates (Phaedo, Plato)

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success.

~ Confucius