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Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

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Virginia Woolf

English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)

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    Humor ist die erste Gabe, die in einer fremden Sprache untergeht.

    el humor es el primero de los dones que perece en lengua extranjera.

    l'humour est le premier des dons à périr dans une langue étrangère.

    l'umorismo è il primo dei doni a perire in una lingua straniera.

    ユーモアは、外国語で失われる最初の贈り物です。

    幽默是第一个被外语消灭的天赋。

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