Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~

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Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

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