Quote by Johann von Goethe

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

Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing o

Summary

This quote suggests that understanding foreign languages is crucial for understanding one's own language and culture. It implies that gaining knowledge of other languages expands one's perspective and insights, enabling a deeper understanding of one's own language. Through learning foreign languages, individuals can discover new concepts, expressions, and cultural nuances that may be absent in their native language. Therefore, the quote emphasizes the importance of linguistic diversity in broadening intellectual horizons and enhancing cultural awareness.

By Johann von Goethe

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

If I look at the message I'm portraying, I think it definite

If I look at the message I'm portraying, I think it definitely is be who you are, but be your best you.

Best

Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does

Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant?

Government

Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his

Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished it more sees more -- more unseen forms become manifest to him.

Heart

That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brot

That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the childcatcher from .

Cassandra Clare

Simon Lewis City Of Ashes

You can never control who you fall in love with, even when y

You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.

Love

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.

Religion Strength

Remember: the universe neither judges, nor interprets, nor s

Remember: the universe neither judges, nor interprets, nor second guesses your will. If it did, there would be no poverty, no hunger, no suffering.

Stephen Richards

Law Of Attraction Mind Power Stephen Richards

I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and it's k

I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and it's kind of weird, it's such an age old cliche, but the way that my sons, the way they make me feel when I look at them, the way they say things, no one else would probably react to them, but it's a special thing for me.

Michael Rapaport

Age

You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my g

You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'.

Jennifer Aniston

Dating

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Difficulty

Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and

Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols -- it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them.

William Hazlitt

Superstition

Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish

Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. If you keep your eyes open as you travel around, you realize we are destroying this planet.

Travel