Oaths are but words, and words but wind. – Samuel Butler (1612-1680), Hudribas

The refined scholar sustains himself on the finest aged wines of poetry but should take time occasionally to partake of cheap-ale words. – Terri Guillemets, “Drinking Literature,” 2003

Any man who does not make himself proficient in at least two languages other than his own is a fool. Such men have the quaint habit of discovering things fifty years after all the world knows about them — because they read only their own language. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) #bilingual #trilingual