Foreign Studies

Famous quotes containing the words foreign and/or studies:

“Humour is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)

“The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)