“Half the trouble about the modern man is that he is educated to understand foreign languages and misunderstand foreigners.”

— G. K. Chesterton

Source: The Autobiography of G.K. Chesterton http://books.google.com/books?id=9_m6AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Half+the+trouble+about+the+modern+man+is+that+he+is+educated+to+understand+foreign+languages+and+misunderstand+foreigners%22&pg=PA322#v=onepage (1936)

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English mystery novelist and Christian apologist 1874–1936

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