He who does not know foreign languages knows nothing of his own.

Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nights von seiner eigenen.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Foreign languages Language

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Language

German

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

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Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [From Art and Antiquity]. 1821, vol. 3, issue 1.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005.

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If you inquire what the people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere!"

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther

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Nature of man

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Medium
Novel
Genre
Epistolary novel
Language
German
Time
1774 1770s 18th century
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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Leiden des jungen Werthers [The Sorrows of Young Werther]. Leipzig: Weygand'sche Buchhandlung, 1774.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "The Sorrows of Young Werther." The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings, translated by Catherin Hutter. Signet, 2013.

Another quote from the 1820s

I am ashes where once I was fire.

Lord Byron

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Aging Burnout Loss of passion Passion

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Lord Byron
Source
To the Countess of Blessington
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1824 1820s 19th century
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Original Citation

Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Letters and Journals. London: J. Johnson, c. 1830.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Byron: Poems. Everyman's Library, 1994.

Another quote originally in German

Once we have power, we shall never again give it up, unless we are carried out as corpses from our offices.

Paul Joseph Goebbels

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Nazi Germany

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Paul Joseph Goebbels
Medium
Personal journal
Language
German
Time
1932 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Goebbels, Joseph. Diary entry. 6 Aug. 1932.