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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections Quotes: Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
         

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


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



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