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A collection of quotations in German from our Zitat des Tages. The current week's quotes will be archived next week.
BONUS: In the Archives you will also find additional information about some of the quotations and their authors.
1. WOCHE: 20.-26. Dezember 1999
Montag - 20. Dez. 1999
Dienstag - 21. Dez. 1999
Mittwoch - 22. Dez. 1999
Donnerstag - 23. Dez. 1999
Freitag - 24. Dez. 1999
Samstag - 25. Dez. 1999
Sonntag - 26. Dez. 1999
Das heutige Zitat (Today's Quotation)
Es ist Arznei, nicht Gift, was ich dir reiche.
It is medicine, not poison, that I hand you.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) aus "Nathan der Weise"
Extra: Similar to Shakespeare's "Come cordial, not poison" ("Komm Medizin, nicht Gift") - "Romeo and Juliet"
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.
Against stupidity even the gods struggle in vain.
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) aus "Jungfrau von Orleans" (1779)
Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weiber und Gesang,
Der bleibt ein Narr sein Lebelang.
Who doesn't love wine, women, and song
remains a fool his whole life long.
Martin Luther (1483-1546), but see below
Extra: These words seem to have first appeared in the "Wandsbecker Boten" newspaper in 1775, concluding with the line: "Sagt Doktor Martin Luther." Since Luther died over 200 years earlier, this legendary quotation probably never came from his pen. Bartlett's credits these lines to Johann Heinrich Voss (1751-1826).
Die Idee ist das Absolute, und alles Wirkliche ist nur Realisierung der Idee.
The idea is the absolute, and all that is real is but the realization of the idea.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)
Wo viel Licht ist,
ist starker Schatten.
Where there's much light,
there's strong shadow.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
aus "Götz von Berlichingen" (1773) 1. Akt
Ein guter Gesang wischt den Staub vom Herzen.
A good song wipes the dust from the heart.
Christoph Lehmann (1570-1638)
Ungeduld ist Angst.
Impatience is fear.
Stefan Zweig (1881-1942)
Extra: Austrian author and playwright. A friend of and influenced by Sigmund Freud. Became a British subject in 1938. Committed suicide in South America.
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