Mann in den besten Jahren (deniko76) wrote in linguaphiles,
Mann in den besten Jahren
deniko76
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Inspirational

I believe this quote is quite inspirational for all linguaphiles:

"So viele Sprachen du sprichst, so oft bist du Mensch" (Goethe).

I would translate it into English like that:

"You are as many times human as many languages you speak" 

What inspirational quotes/sayings about languages do you know?
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