A verse from a danish satirical poem referring to the 17th and 18th century that has since become a sort of proverb: Every learned man Only latin wrote

A verse from a danish satirical poem referring to the 17th and 18th century that has since become a sort of proverb: Every learned man Only latin wrote To the ladies French, German to his dog and Danish to his servant he spoke. (The original, quite more poetic than my translation: http://www.nomos-dk.dk/skraep/1807_1848/wilster.html http://www.nomos-dk.dk/skraep/1807_1848/wilster.html)