He who does not know foreign languages knows nothing of his own. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who does not know foreign languages knows nothing of his own.
In the original German
Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nights von seiner eigenen.
1821
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005.
Original citation
Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [From Art and Antiquity]. 1821, vol. 3, issue 1.
