He who speaks a bit of a foreign language has more delight in it than …

Friedrich Nietzsche
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He who speaks a bit of a foreign language has more delight in it than he who speaks it well; pleasure goes along with superficial knowledge. ✨ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1984). Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, p.243, U of Nebraska Press
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He who speaks a bit of a foreign language has more delight in it than he who speaks it well; pleasure goes along with superficial knowledge. ✨ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1984). Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, p.243, U of Nebraska Press

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