Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972) austrian biologist and philosopher
Bertalanffy (1937), Das Gefüge des Lebens. Teubner, Leizig. p. 12
1930s
in Die organische Bewegung in ihrem Zusammenhange mit dem Stoffwechsel, [Julius Robert von Mayer, Die Mechanik der Wärme in gesammelten Schriften, Cotta, 1867, 53-54]
Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972) austrian biologist and philosopher
Bertalanffy (1937), Das Gefüge des Lebens. Teubner, Leizig. p. 12
1930s
Friedrich von Logau (1605–1655) German poet
Deutsche Sinn-Getichte (1654) III, 5, 11.
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Leopold Kronecker (1823–1891) German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)
“Nichts gibt so sehr das Gefühl der Unendlichkeit als wie die Dummheit.”
Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938) Austro-Hungarian writer
Philip Schaff (1819–1893) American Calvinist theologian
Roman Catholic rival German versions of the Bible
“Die liebenswürdigste der Frauen wird immer auch die schönste sein.”
August von Kotzebue (1761–1819) German dramatist
Die neue Frauenschule.
Untranslated
“Sighing that Nature formed but one such man,
And broke the die, in molding Sheridan.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Source: Monody on the Death of Sheridan (1816), Line 117; this can be compared to: "Natura il fece, e poi ruppe la stampa" (translated: "Nature made him, and then broke the mould"), Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, canto x, stanza 84; "The idea that Nature lost the perfect mould has been a favorite one with all song-writers and poets, and is found in the literature of all European nations", Book of English Songs, p. 28.
Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation
1532 <br class="br">Denifle, Heinrich, Luther and Lutherdom http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029249567, vol.1, part 1, tr. from 2nd rev. ed. of German by Raymund Volz, Somerset, England: Torch Press, 1917, (Cornell University Library 2009), ISBN 1112168176 ISBN 9781112168178, p. 305. Denifle cites Luther’s Sämtliche Werke (Vols 4-6 in 1), Erlangen-Frankfurt edition, 1865, Heyder & Zimmer, vol. vi, p. 401 http://books.google.com/books?id=zTMoAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA401&dq=%22und+fluchen+wie+die+Landsknecht%22&lr=#v=onepage&q=%22und%20fluchen%20wie%20die%20Landsknecht%22&f=false