Charles V on Speaking Languages

Posted on by ericryangrant

bohemian_devil

Charles V said, “We should speak Spanish with the gods, Italian with our lover, French with our friend, German with soldiers, English with geese, Hungarian with horses, and Bohemian with the devil.”

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