It is by discourse that men associate; and words are imposed according to
the apprehension of the vulgar. And therefore the ill and unfit choice of
words wonderfully obsesses the understanding. Nor do the definitions or
explanations, wherewith in some things learned men are wont to guard and
defend themselves, by any means set the matter right. But words plainly
force and overrule the understanding, and throw all into confusion, and
lead men away into innumerable and inane controversies and fancies.
-- Francis Bacon
