Ludwig Borne
Ludwig Borne
Karl Ludwig Börnewas a German-Jewish political writer and satirist, who is considered part of the Young Germany movement...
age believes natural
If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.
fear glad movement
Let us have no care, but be glad of the approaching springtime of the peoples. Let us have no fear of the movement into the open.
american-businessman asset cannot competition goodwill
Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.
hate giving hatred
If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness.
would-be rust literature
Nothing endures except change; nothing is constant except death. Every heartbeat wounds us, and life would be an eternal bleeding to death, were it not for literature. It grants us what nature does not: a golden time that doesn't rust, a springtime that never wilts, cloudless happiness and eternal youth. [my translation]
lasting perpetual
Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.
liberty slave born
Because I was born a slave, I love liberty more than you.
advice secret cowardly
The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are.
women adorable most-adorable
Women are most adorable when they are afraid; that's why they frighten so easily.
change endure
Nought endures but change.
country government wind
Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.
sarcastic fall sarcasm
Ministers fall like buttered slices of bread: usually on their good side.
differences liberty
The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods.
fear dangerous fearful
The most dangerous person is the fearful; he is the most to be feared.