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A collection of quotations in German from our Zitat des Tages. The current week's quotes will be archived the following week.

In the Archives you will also find additional information about some of the quotations and their authors.

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10. WOCHE: 21.-27. Februar 2000

Montag - 21. Februar 2000
Kleines Wasser macht niemand reich, best fischen ist im großen Teich.
Small (bodies of) water make no one rich; the best fishing is in the big pond.
Georg Rollenhagen (1542-1609), teacher, pastor, and author

Dienstag - 22. Februar 2000
Drei Haare in der Suppe sind relativ viel, drei Haare auf dem Kopf relativ wenig.
Three hairs in your soup are relatively much; three hairs on your head relatively few.
Verfasser unbekannt/Anonymous

Mittwoch - 23. Februar 2000
In den meisten Fällen ist Glück kein Geschenk, sondern ein Darlehen.
In most cases happiness is not a gift, but a loan.
Albrecht Goes (1908-?), author of short stories

Donnerstag - 24. Februar 2000
Räder, die quietschen, bekommen das meiste Fett.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
aus den USA/from the USA

Freitag - 25. Februar 2000
"Wird's besser?
Wird's schlimmer?"
fragt man alljährlich.
Seien wir ehrlich:
Leben ist immer
lebensgefährlich.


"Will it be better?
Will it be worse?"
they ask every year.
Let's be honest:
life is always
mortally dangerous.
Erich Kästner (1899-1974), Zum Neuen Jahr

Samstag - 26. Februar 2000
Ein Optimist ist ein Mann, der Kreuzworträtsel sofort mit dem Kugelschreiber ausfüllt.
An optimist is a man who starts filling in crossword puzzles with a ballpoint pen right away.
Karl Farkas, Viennese cabaret artist

Sonntag - 27. Februar 2000
Der Pessimist findet zu jeder Lösung ein passendes Problem.
The pessimist finds a suitable problem for every solution.
Verfasser unbekannt/Anonymous

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