It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself." ~ Goethe

I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner.

The force of a language does not consist of rejecting what is foreign but of swallowing it.

There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.