The accent of one's birthplace lingers in the mind and in the heart as it does in one's… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The accent of one's birthplace lingers in the mind and in the heart as it does in one's speech.
In the original French
L'accent du pays où l'on est né demeure dans l'esprit et dans le cœur comme dans le langage.
1678
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La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Original citation
La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.
