I do not understand Greek very well," said the giant."Neither do I," said the philosophical mite."Why then," the Sirian retorted, "are you citing some man named Aristotle in the Greek?""Because," replied the savant, "one should always cite what one does not understand at all in the language one understands the least.

One should always cite what one does not understand at all in the language one understands the least.

It is impossible to translate poetry. Can you translate music?

Translations increase the faults of a work and spoil its beauties.