“He who does not speak foreign languages knows nothing about his own.”

—  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen.
Maxim 91
Maxims and Reflections (1833)

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Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen.

Maximen und Reflexionen; II.; Nr. 23, 91
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