The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.

Heinrich Heine

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈhaɪnə] ; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was an outstanding poet, writer, and literary critic of 19th-century German Romanticism. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form...

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