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Heinrich Heine

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

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Heine is saying that the Romans naturally spoke Latin from birth, so they didn’t need to spend time studying it. If they had to learn their own language like a foreign subject, they wouldn’t have had enough time or energy left to achieve their military success.

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