Dorothea Dix - It is of no use to commit whole pages to memory, merely to recite them once without h...

Dorothea Dix Zitate

It is of no use to commit whole pages to memory, merely to recite them once without hesitation; you must think of the meaning more than the words - of the ideas more than the language.

Dorothea Dix

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Es ist nicht sinnvoll, ganze Seiten in Erinnerung zu rufen, sie nur einmal ohne Zögern zu rezitieren. Sie müssen mehr an die Bedeutung als an die Wörter denken - an die Ideen mehr als an die Sprache.

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