Second Tablet to ‘Him Who Will Be Made Manifest’
“Great god of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.”
Pictures from the Insects' Life (1922), as translated in 'And so ad infinitum (The Life of the Insects) : An Entomological Review in Three Acts, a Prologue and an Epilogue (1936) co-written with his brother Josef Čapek, p. 60; also known as The Insect Play
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Czech writer 1890–1938Related quotes
Shir Hakovod, trans. from the Hebrew by Israel Zangwill
“The resurrection is
In spirit done in thee,
As soon as thou from all
Thy sins hast set thee free.”
The Cherubinic Wanderer
(2nd August 1823) both from Songs
The London Literary Gazette, 1823
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 85