Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
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Every man who knows anything of languages, knows that it is impossible to translate from one language into another, not only without losing a great part of the original, but frequently of mistaking the sense.

— Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
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