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The Romans would never have had time to conquer the world if they had been obliged to learn Latin first of all.
The Romans would never have had time to conquer the world if they had been obliged to learn Latin first of all.
Approximate author period: c. 1826 AD · industrial
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- Heinrich Heine
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- Approximate author period: c. 1826 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Heinrich Heine: life dates 1797 to 1856. Wikidata Q44403, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44403 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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