“[reading a work in translation] is like viewing a piece of Flemish tapestry on the wrong side.”

“Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.”

“You know the opinion of Cervantes? He said that reading a translation is like examining the back of a piece of tapestry.”

“it is better to have red a great work of another culture in translation than never to have read it at all.”

“Providence is like a curious piece of tapestry made of a thousand shreds, which, single, appear useless, but put together, they represent a beautiful history to the eye.”

“Reading a poem in translation is like kissing a woman through a veil.”