The Last of the Mohicans (1826), Introduction
2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)
“There is no greater poverty than oblivion to self and others.”
State of the Art (2000)
Darum hat Lessing, der ehrlichste theoretische Mensch, es auszusprechen gewagt, dass ihm mehr am Suchen der Wahrheit als an ihr selbst gelegen sei...
Source: The Birth of Tragedy (1872), p. 73
(J. Hudson Taylor. A Ribband of Blue and Other Bible Studies. London: China Inland Mission, n.d., 113).
“Few men desire freedom, the greater part desire just masters.”
Namque pauci libertatem, pars magna iustos dominos volunt.
IV.69.18
Variant translation: Only a few prefer liberty, the majority seek nothing more than fair masters.
Histories
“The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.”
“There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.”
Source: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010), Chapter 4 (p. 36)
"Freedom for Whom", as translated in Brecht on Brecht : An Improvisation (1967) by George Tabori, p. 18
Context: Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles
Are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin.
And so, instead of embracing them, Let us demand the freedom of the elbow
To knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat,
Provided he loves peace,
Is a greater lover of the arts
Than any so-called art-lover
Who loves the arts of war.
“Men endured so much for war, but for peace they dared nothing.”
Source: The Seed and the Flower
“Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.”
