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2. WOCHE: 27. Dezember 1999 - 2. Januar 2000
Montag - 27. Dez. 1999
Was sich überhaupt sagen lässt, lässt sich klar sagen; und wovon man nicht reden kann, darüber muss man schweigen.
What can be said at all can be said clearly; and about that of which one cannot speak, one must stay silent.
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
Extra: From the preface of "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" (1922). Wittgenstein was born in Austria, but became a British subject in 1938.
Dienstag - 28. Dez. 1999
Raffiniert ist der Herrgott, aber boshaft ist er nicht.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Extra: This remark, made by Einstein at Princeton in 1921, is carved above a fireplace in Fine Hall at the university.
Mittwoch - 29. Dez. 1999
Kunst gibt nicht das Sichtbare wieder, sondern macht sichtbar.
Art does not reproduce the visible; rather it makes visible.
Paul Klee (1879-1940), Swiss-born artist
Donnerstag - 30. Dez. 1999
Das Leben ist eine Fremdsprache. Alle Menschen sprechen es falsch aus.
Life is a foreign language. All men mispronounce it.
Christopher Morley (1890-1957), American writer and editor of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1937-1948).
Freitag - 31. Dez. 1999
Man lobt in Tode manchen Mann,
der Lob im Leben nie gewann.
Many a man is praised in death,
who never won praise in life.
Freidank (died 1233), "Bescheidenheit 25, Vom Lobe"
Extra: "Freidank" (Freidenker) is the name given to the unknown author of the Germanic didactic poem "Bescheidenheit" ("Humility").
Samstag - 1. Januar 2000
Jedenfalls bin ich überzeugt, dass der [Herrgott] nicht würfelt.
At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Extra: This famous quote is most often seen as "Gott würfelt nicht." ("God does not play dice.") But the original (above) was written as shown in a letter that Einstein wrote to Max Born in 1926.
Sonntag - 2. Januar 2000
Viele sind berufen, aber wenige sind auserwählt.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Extra: From the Bible (Matthew 22:21, Matthäus 20,16)
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