Examples of self-translation (c. 2004), Quotes - Zitate - Citations - Citazioni
“One should never forget, that society would rather be amused than instructed.”
Adolph Freiherr Knigge book Über den Umgang mit Menschen
Vor allen Dingen soll man nie vergessen, daß die Gesellschaft lieber unterhalten, als unterrichtet sein will.
Variant translation: Above all, we should never forget that society would prefer to be entertained, than taught.
Über den Umgang mit Menschen (1788)
“You forget what you want to remember and remember what you would prefer to forget.”
Henning Mankell book The Troubled Man
Source: The Troubled Man
“Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget.”
Matt Groening (1954) American cartoonist
“You were never what I wanted to forget.”
Sara Zarr (1970) American children's writer
Source: Sweethearts
“What you do to children matters. And they might never forget.”
Toni Morrison book God Help the Child
Source: God Help the Child
“Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.”
Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) American clergyman and activist
Life Thoughts (1858)
