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there is a certain aura of genius attached to speaking languages.
hemm ċerta awra ta’ ġenju meta wieħed jitkellem il-lingwi.

the genius of the founding fathers was precisely in understanding that to guarantee peace in the 20th century nations needed to think beyond the nation-state.
il-kobor tal-missirijiet fundaturi kien preċiżament fil-fehim li, biex tkun garantita l-paċi fin-nazzjonijiet tas-seklu 20, kellek bżonn taħseb lil hinn min-nazzjon stat.

'the man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas' - victor hugo, french novelist and poet (1802-1885)
'"bniedem li ma jafx lingwi oħra, sakemm ma jkunx ġenju, bilfors ikollu n-nuqqasijiet fl-ideat tiegħu" - victor hugo, rumanzier u poeta franċiż (1802-1885)