There is an old Jewish proverb I love: “We don’t see things as they are but as we are.”
MoreAn appreciation of words from other languages
Our literature- and history-loving columnist today on LeipGlo reveals his favorite words in foreign languages, and how they evoke literary classics in his mind and some of the most basic and central feelings in his life.
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