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He who does not know foreign languages knows nothing of his own.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Foreign languages Language

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Language

German

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [From Art and Antiquity]. 1821, vol. 3, issue 1.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005.