Commonly Spoken Languages

Famous quotes containing the words commonly, spoken and/or languages:

“To enjoy a thing exclusively is commonly to exclude yourself from the true enjoyment of it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“If you would be well spoken of, learn to be well-spoken; and having learnt to be well- spoken, strive also to be well-doing; so shall you succeed in being well spoken of.”
—Epictetus (c. 50–120)

“The trouble with foreign languages is, you have to think before your speak.”
—Swedish proverb, trans. by Verne Moberg.