Emanuel Geibel quotes
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“To express the most difficult matters clearly and intelligently, is to strike coins out of pure gold.”
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“The very greatest is the alphabet, for in it lies the deepest wisdom; yet only he can fathom it, who truly knows how to put it together.”
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“True joy doth need no song to praise it, silence for love's delight is best.”
-- Emanuel Geibel
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Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.42, Mondial
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“A spinning coin, still balanced on its rim, may fall in either direction.”
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“Nothing matters at all. Survival is the coin of the realm. Time is a river with banks.”
Source : Barry N. Malzberg (2007). “Breakfast in the Ruins”, p.206, Baen Publishing Enterprises
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