Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people.… — Kató Lomb Asking Copy Share Image
“[R]epetition is as an essential element of language learning as a knife is to a lathe or fuel is to an internal… — Kató Lomb Education Copy Share Image
“[S]tudy has never been a burden for me but always an inexhaustible source of joy.” — Kató Lomb Joy Copy Share Image
The beauty of a language is, generally judged by its soft or rigid, melodious or harsh, ring. Other aspects, such as the… — Kató Lomb Aspect Copy Share Image
My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person. — Kató Lomb Becoming Copy Share Image
“I mention the library only as a last resort. I recommend buying your own books... They can be spiced with underlines, question… — Kató Lomb Books Copy Share Image
“I heard from a swimming coach that how soon children learn to swim depends on how much they trust themselves and the… — Kató Lomb Children Copy Share Image
“[T]he time spent on language learning is lost unless it reaches a certain—daily and weekly—concentration.” — Kató Lomb Language Copy Share Image
One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them. — Kató Lomb Education Copy Share Image
“The spread of languages shouldn't imply the decay of national languages. There are so many literary and historical memories, so many joys… — Kató Lomb National language Copy Share Image
“[S]elf-assurance, motivation, and a good method play a much more important role in language learning than the vague concept of innate ability,… — Kató Lomb Human relationship Copy Share Image
He who knows other languages feels even closer to his own language. — Kató Lomb Feels Copy Share Image
It is a frequently cited fact that English has two sets of words for farm animals and their corresponding meats. The living… — Kató Lomb Anglo saxon Copy Share Image
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… — Kató Lomb Break Copy Share Image
“[B]ooks, which can be consulted at any time, questioned again and again, and read into scraps, cannot be rivaled as a language-learning… — Kató Lomb Time Copy Share Image
I feel such a difference between a philologist/linguist and a linguaphile as, say, a choreographer and a ballerina. — Kató Lomb Ballerina Copy Share Image
Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people. — Kató Lomb Bridges Copy Share Image
Aside from mastery in the fine arts, success in learning anything is the result of genuine interest and amount of energy dedicated… — Kató Lomb Art Copy Share Image
“A book can be pocketed and discarded, scrawled and torn into pages, lost and bought again. It can be dragged out from… — Kató Lomb Book Copy Share Image
Whenever I read statistical reports, I try to imagine my unfortunate contemporary, the Average Person, who, according to these reports, has 0.66… — Kató Lomb Average Copy Share Image
Language is present in a piece of work like the sea in a single drop. — Kató Lomb Inspirational Copy Share Image
“In classes, the more lively and uninhibited ones will “suck away the air” from those with a more passive nature, despite all… — Kató Lomb Communication Copy Share Image
“... I never looked for or found national differences in the various places of the world, only common features—eternal human nature.” — Kató Lomb Human nature Copy Share Image
