To have another language is to possess a second soul.
Habere alium linguam est habere alteram animam.
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Charlemagne
King of the Franks and first Carolingian emperor (c.742-814). In 46 years and 53 campaigns he unified most of western Europe. Crowned by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day 800, he fused Roman, Catholic and Germanic culture.
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