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Kato Lomb quotes: Language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly.

Language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly.

Kato Lomb quotes: Aside from mastery in the fine arts, success in learning anything is the result of genuine interest and amount of energy dedicated to it.

Aside from mastery in the fine arts, success in learning anything is the result of genuine interest and amount of energy dedicated to it.

Kato Lomb quotes: Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people.

Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people.

Kato Lomb quotes: One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them.

One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them.

Kato Lomb quotes: [S]tudy has never been a burden for me but always an inexhaustible source of joy.

[S]tudy has never been a burden for me but always an inexhaustible source of joy.

Kato Lomb quotes: Language is present in a piece of writing like the sea in a single drop.

Language is present in a piece of writing like the sea in a single drop.

Kato Lomb quotes: There is as little likelihood of squeezing an adult into the intellectual framework of their childhood as there is into their first pair of pajamas.

There is as little likelihood of squeezing an adult into the intellectual framework of their childhood as there is into their first pair of pajamas.

Kato Lomb quotes: Knowledge - like a nail - is made load-bearing by being driven in. If it's not driven deep enough, it will break when any weight is put upon it.

Knowledge - like a nail - is made load-bearing by being driven in. If it's not driven deep enough, it will break when any weight is put upon it.

Kato Lomb quotes: A complicated structure? Undoubtedly. But after all, the cathedral of Milan is complicated too, and you still look at it with awe.

A complicated structure? Undoubtedly. But after all, the cathedral of Milan is complicated too, and you still look at it with awe.

Kato Lomb quotes: [B]ooks, which can be consulted at any time, questioned again and again, and read into scraps, cannot be rivaled as a language-learning tool.

[B]ooks, which can be consulted at any time, questioned again and again, and read into scraps, cannot be rivaled as a language-learning tool.

Kato Lomb quotes: ... I never looked for or found national differences in the various places of the world, only common features - eternal human nature.

... I never looked for or found national differences in the various places of the world, only common features - eternal human nature.

Kato Lomb quotes: Language is present in a piece of work like the sea in a single drop.

Language is present in a piece of work like the sea in a single drop.

Kato Lomb quotes: My motivation for learning Japanese was to translate a chemical patent, a job that I had heroically (i.e., rashly) taken on.

My motivation for learning Japanese was to translate a chemical patent, a job that I had heroically (i.e., rashly) taken on.

Kato Lomb quotes: He who knows other languages feels even closer to his own language.

He who knows other languages feels even closer to his own language.

Kato Lomb quotes: [T]he time spent on language learning is lost unless it reaches a certain - daily and weekly - concentration.

[T]he time spent on language learning is lost unless it reaches a certain - daily and weekly - concentration.

Kato Lomb quotes: My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person.

My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person.

Kato Lomb quotes: At first, we should read with a blitheness practically bordering on superficiality; later on, with a conscientiousness close to distrust.

At first, we should read with a blitheness practically bordering on superficiality; later on, with a conscientiousness close to distrust.

Kato Lomb quotes: I feel such a difference between a philologist/linguist and a linguaphile as, say, a choreographer and a ballerina.

I feel such a difference between a philologist/linguist and a linguaphile as, say, a choreographer and a ballerina.

Kato Lomb quotes: [R]epetition is as an essential element of language learning as a knife is to a lathe or fuel is to an internal combustion engine.

[R]epetition is as an essential element of language learning as a knife is to a lathe or fuel is to an internal combustion engine.