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Title: Quotations from Georg Ebers

Author: Georg Ebers

Editor: David Widger

Release date: July 1, 2004 [eBook #6126]

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Language: English

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CONTENTS

Uarda, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#01][ge01v10.txt]5439

Uarda, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#02][ge02v10.txt]5440

Uarda, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#03][ge03v10.txt]5441

Uarda, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#04][ge04v10.txt]5442

Uarda, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#05][ge05v10.txt]5443

Uarda, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#06][ge06v10.txt]5444

Uarda, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#07][ge07v10.txt]5445

Uarda, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#08][ge08v10.txt]5446

Uarda, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#09][ge09v10.txt]5447

Uarda, by Georg Ebers, v10 [GE#10][ge10v10.txt]5448

Uarda, by Ebers, Complete [GE#11][ge11v10.txt]5449

An Egyptian Princess, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#12][ge12v10.txt]5450

An Egyptian Princess, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#13][ge13v10.txt]5451

An Egyptian Princess, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#14][ge14v10.txt]5452

An Egyptian Princess, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#15][ge15v10.txt]5453

An Egyptian Princess, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#16][ge16v10.txt]5454

An Egyptian Princess, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#17][ge17v10.txt]5455

An Egyptian Princess, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#18][ge18v10.txt]5456

An Egyptian Princess, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#19][ge19v10.txt]5457

An Egyptian Princess, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#20][ge20v10.txt]5458

An Egyptian Princess, by Georg Ebers, v10 [GE#21][ge21v10.txt]5459

An Egyptian Princess, by Ebers, Complete [GE#22][ge22v10.txt]5460

The Sisters, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#23][ge23v10.txt]5461

The Sisters, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#24][ge24v10.txt]5462

The Sisters, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#25][ge25v10.txt]5463

The Sisters, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#26][ge26v10.txt]5464

The Sisters, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#27][ge27v10.txt]5465

The Sisters, by Ebers, Complete [GE#28][ge28v10.txt]5466

Joshua, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#29][ge29v10.txt]5467

Joshua, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#30][ge30v10.txt]5468

Joshua, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#31][ge31v10.txt]5469

Joshua, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#32][ge32v10.txt]5470

Joshua, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#33][ge33v10.txt]5471

Joshua, by Ebers, Complete [GE#34][ge34v10.txt]5472

Cleopatra, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#35][ge35v10.txt]5473

Cleopatra, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#36][ge36v10.txt]5474

Cleopatra, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#37][ge37v10.txt]5475

Cleopatra, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#38][ge38v10.txt]5476

Cleopatra, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#39][ge39v10.txt]5477

Cleopatra, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#40][ge40v10.txt]5478

Cleopatra, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#41][ge41v10.txt]5479

Cleopatra, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#42][ge42v10.txt]5480

Cleopatra, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#43][ge43v10.txt]5481

Cleopatra, by Ebers, Complete [GE#44][ge44v10.txt]5482

The Emperor, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#45][ge45v10.txt]5483

The Emperor, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#46][ge46v10.txt]5484

The Emperor, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#47][ge47v10.txt]5485

The Emperor, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#48][ge48v10.txt]5486

The Emperor, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#49][ge49v10.txt]5487

The Emperor, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#50][ge50v10.txt]5488

The Emperor, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#51][ge51v10.txt]5489

The Emperor, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#52][ge52v10.txt]5490

The Emperor, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#53][ge53v10.txt]5491

The Emperor, by Georg Ebers, v10 [GE#54][ge54v10.txt]5492

The Emperor, by Ebers, Complete [GE#55][ge55v10.txt]5493

Homo Sum, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#56][ge56v10.txt]5494

Homo Sum, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#57][ge57v10.txt]5495

Homo Sum, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#58][ge58v10.txt]5496

Homo Sum, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#59][ge59v10.txt]5497

Homo Sum, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#60][ge60v10.txt]5498

Homo Sum, by Ebers, Complete [GE#61][ge61v10.txt]5499

Serapis, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#62][ge62v10.txt]5501

Serapis, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#63][ge63v10.txt]5502

Serapis, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#64][ge64v10.txt]5503

Serapis, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#65][ge65v10.txt]5504

Serapis, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#66][ge66v10.txt]5505

Serapis, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#67][ge67v10.txt]5506

Serapis, by Ebers, Complete [GE#68][ge68v10.txt]5507

Arachne, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#69][ge69v10.txt]5508

Arachne, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#70][ge70v10.txt]5509

Arachne, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#71][ge71v10.txt]5510

Arachne, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#72][ge72v10.txt]5511

Arachne, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#73][ge73v10.txt]5512

Arachne, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#74][ge74v10.txt]5513

Arachne, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#75][ge75v10.txt]5514

Arachne, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#76][ge76v10.txt]5515

Arachne, by Ebers, Complete [GE#77][ge77v10.txt]5516

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#78][ge78v10.txt]5517

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#79][ge79v10.txt]5518

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#80][ge80v10.txt]5519

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#81][ge81v10.txt]5520

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#82][ge82v10.txt]5521

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#83][ge83v10.txt]5522

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#84][ge84v10.txt]5523

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#85][ge85v10.txt]5524

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#86][ge86v10.txt]5525

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v10 [GE#87][ge87v10.txt]5526

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v11 [GE#88][ge88v10.txt]5527

The Bride Of The Nile, by Georg Ebers, v12 [GE#89][ge89v10.txt]5528

The Bride Of The Nile, by Ebers, Complete [GE#90][ge90v10.txt]5529

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#91][ge91v10.txt]5530

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#92][ge92v10.txt]5531

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#93][ge93v10.txt]5532

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#94][ge94v10.txt]5533

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#95][ge95v10.txt]5534

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#96][ge96v10.txt]5535

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#97][ge97v10.txt]5536

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#98][ge98v10.txt]5537

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#99][ge99v10.txt]5538

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v10[GE#100][g100v10.txt]5539

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v11[GE#101][g101v10.txt]5540

A Thorny Path, by Georg Ebers, v12[GE#102][g102v10.txt]5541

A Thorny Path, by Ebers, Complete [GE#103][g103v10.txt]5542

In Fire Of The Forge, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#104][g104v10.txt]5543

In Fire Of The Forge, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#105][g105v10.txt]5544

In Fire Of The Forge, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#106][g106v10.txt]5545

In Fire Of The Forge, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#107][g107v10.txt]5546

In Fire Of The Forge, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#108][g108v10.txt]5547

In Fire Of The Forge, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#109][g109v10.txt]5548

In Fire Of The Forge, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#110][g110v10.txt]5549

In Fire Of The Forge, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#111][g111v10.txt]5550

In Fire Of The Forge, by Ebers, Complete [GE#112][g112v10.txt]5551

Margery, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#113][g113v10.txt]5552

Margery, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#114][g114v10.txt]5553

Margery, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#115][g115v10.txt]5554

Margery, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#116][g116v10.txt]5555

Margery, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#117][g117v10.txt]5556

Margery, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#118][g118v10.txt]5557

Margery, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#119][g119v10.txt]5558

Margery, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#120][g120v10.txt]5559

Margery, by Ebers, Complete [GE#121][g121v10.txt]5560

Barbara Blomberg, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#122][g122v10.txt]5561

Barbara Blomberg, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#123][g123v10.txt]5562

Barbara Blomberg, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#124][g124v10.txt]5563

Barbara Blomberg, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#125][g125v10.txt]5564

Barbara Blomberg, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#126][g126v10.txt]5565

Barbara Blomberg, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#127][g127v10.txt]5566

Barbara Blomberg, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#128][g128v10.txt]5567

Barbara Blomberg, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#129][g129v10.txt]5568

Barbara Blomberg, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#130][g130v10.txt]5569

Barbara Blomberg, by Georg Ebers, v10[GE#131][g131v10.txt]5570

Barbara Blomberg, by Ebers, Complete [GE#132][g132v10.txt]5571

A Word Only A Word, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#133][g133v10.txt]5572

A Word Only A Word, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#134][g134v10.txt]5573

A Word Only A Word, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#135][g135v10.txt]5574

A Word Only A Word, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#136][g136v10.txt]5575

A Word Only A Word, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#137][g137v10.txt]5576

A Word Only A Word, by Ebers, Complete [GE#138][g138v10.txt]5577

Burgomaster's Wife, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#139][g139v10.txt]5578

Burgomaster's Wife, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#140][g140v10.txt]5579

Burgomaster's Wife, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#141][g141v10.txt]5580

Burgomaster's Wife, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#142][g142v10.txt]5581

Burgomaster's Wife, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#143][g143v10.txt]5582

Burgomaster's Wife, by Ebers, Complete [GE#144][g144v10.txt]5583

In The Blue Pike, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#145][g145v10.txt]5584

In The Blue Pike, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#146][g146v10.txt]5585

In The Blue Pike, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#147][g147v10.txt]5586

In The Blue Pike, by Ebers, Complete [GE#148][g148v10.txt]5587

A Question, by Georg Ebers, [GE#149][g149v10.txt]5588

The Elixir, by Georg Ebers, [GE#150][g150v10.txt]5589

The Greylock, by Georg Ebers, [GE#151][g151v10.txt]5590

The Nuts, by Georg Ebers, [GE#152][g152v10.txt]5591

Complete Short Works by Georg Ebers, [GE#153][g153v10.txt]5592

The Story Of My Life, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#154][g154v10.txt]5593

The Story Of My Life, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#155][g155v10.txt]5594

The Story Of My Life, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#156][g156v10.txt]5595

The Story Of My Life, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#157][g157v10.txt]5596

The Story Of My Life, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#158][g158v10.txt]5597

The Story Of My Life, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#159][g159v10.txt]5598

The Story Of My Life, by Ebers, Complete [GE#160][g160v10.txt]5599

The Complete PG Edition Of Georg Ebers [GE#161][g161v10.txt]5600

QUOTATIONS FROM THE HISTORICAL NOVELS OF GEORG EBERS

UARDA, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#01][ge01v10.txt]5439

A dirty road serves when it makes for the goal

Colored cakes in the shape of beasts

Deficient are as guilty in their eyes as the idle

For fear of the toothache, had his sound teeth drawn

Hatred between man and man

Hatred for all that hinders the growth of light

How tender is thy severity

Judge only by appearances, and never enquire into the causes

Often happens that apparent superiority does us damage

Seditious words are like sparks, which are borne by the wind

The scholar's ears are at his back: when he is flogged

Title must not be a bill of fare

Youth should be modest, and he was assertive

UARDA, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#02][ge02v10.txt]5440

Blossom of the thorny wreath of sorrow

Eyes kind and frank, without tricks of glance

Money is a pass-key that turns any lock

Repugnance for the old laws began to take root in his heart

Thou canst say in words what we can only feel

Whether the form of our benevolence does more good or mischief

UARDA, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#03][ge03v10.txt]5441

Bearers of ill ride faster than the messengers of weal

Do not spoil the future for the sake of the present

Exhibit one's happiness in the streets, and conceal one's misery

Impartial looker-on sees clearer than the player

Learn to obey, that later you may know how to command

Man has nothing harder to endure than uncertainty

Many creditors are so many allies

One should give nothing up for lost excepting the dead

Our thinkers are no heroes, and our heroes are no sages

Overbusy friends are more damaging than intelligent enemies

Prepare sorrow when we come into the world

The experienced love to signify their superiority

We quarrel with no one more readily than with the benefactor

UARDA, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#04][ge04v10.txt]5442

Ardently they desire that which transcends sense

Every misfortune brings its fellow with it

Medicines work harm as often as good

No good excepting that from which we expect the worst

Obstinacy—which he liked to call firm determination

Only the choice between lying and silence

Patronizing friendliness

Principle of over-estimating the strength of our opponents

Provide yourself with a self-devised ruler

Successes, like misfortunes, never come singly

The beginning of things is not more attractive

UARDA, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#05][ge05v10.txt]5443

Ask for what is feasible

I know that I am of use

Like the cackle of hens, which is peculiar to Eastern women

Think of his wife, not with affection only, but with pride

Those whom we fear, says my uncle, we cannot love

UARDA, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#06][ge06v10.txt]5444

Her white cat was playing at her feet

Human sacrifices, which had been introduced into Egypt by the Phoenicians

The dressing and undressing of the holy images

Thought that the insane were possessed by demons

Use words instead of swords, traps instead of lances

UARDA, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#07][ge07v10.txt]5445

Age when usually even bad liquor tastes of honey

How easy it is to give wounds, and how hard it is to heal

Kisra called wine the soap of sorrow

No one so self-confident and insolent as just such an idiot

The mother of foresight looks backwards

UARDA, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#08][ge08v10.txt]5446

An admirer of the lovely color of his blue bruises

Called his daughter to wash his feet

Desert is a wonderful physician for a sick soul

He is clever and knows everything, but how silly he looks now

If it were right we should not want to hide ourselves

None of us really know anything rightly

One falsehood usually entails another

Refreshed by the whip of one of the horsemen

UARDA, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#09][ge09v10.txt]5447

He who looks for faith must give faith

I have never deviated from the exact truth even in jest

Learn early to pass lightly over little things

Trustfulness is so dear, so essential to me

UARDA, by Georg Ebers, v10 [GE#10][ge10v10.txt]5448

Drink of the joys of life thankfully, and in moderation

It is not seeing, it is seeking that is delightful

The man within him, and not on the circumstances without

UARDA, by Ebers, Complete [GE#11][ge11v10.txt]5449

A dirty road serves when it makes for the goal

Age when usually even bad liquor tastes of honey

An admirer of the lovely color of his blue bruises

Ardently they desire that which transcends sense

Ask for what is feasible

Bearers of ill ride faster than the messengers of weal

Blossom of the thorny wreath of sorrow

Called his daughter to wash his feet

Colored cakes in the shape of beasts

Deficient are as guilty in their eyes as the idle

Desert is a wonderful physician for a sick soul

Do not spoil the future for the sake of the present

Drink of the joys of life thankfully, and in moderation

Every misfortune brings its fellow with it

Exhibit one's happiness in the streets, and conceal one's misery

Eyes kind and frank, without tricks of glance

For fear of the toothache, had his sound teeth drawn

Hatred for all that hinders the growth of light

Hatred between man and man

He is clever and knows everything, but how silly he looks now

He who looks for faith must give faith

Her white cat was playing at her feet

How easy it is to give wounds, and how hard it is to heal

How tender is thy severity

Human sacrifices, which had been introduced into Egypt by the Phoenicians

I know that I am of use

I have never deviated from the exact truth even in jest

If it were right we should not want to hide ourselves

Impartial looker-on sees clearer than the player

It is not seeing, it is seeking that is delightful

Judge only by appearances, and never enquire into the causes

Kisra called wine the soap of sorrow

Learn early to pass lightly over little things

Learn to obey, that later you may know how to command

Like the cackle of hens, which is peculiar to Eastern women

Man has nothing harder to endure than uncertainty

Many creditors are so many allies

Medicines work harm as often as good

Money is a pass-key that turns any lock

No good excepting that from which we expect the worst

No one so self-confident and insolent as just such an idiot

None of us really know anything rightly

Obstinacy—which he liked to call firm determination

Often happens that apparent superiority does us damage

One falsehood usually entails another

One should give nothing up for lost excepting the dead

Only the choice between lying and silence

Our thinkers are no heroes, and our heroes are no sages

Overbusy friends are more damaging than intelligent enemies

Patronizing friendliness

Prepare sorrow when we come into the world

Principle of over-estimating the strength of our opponents

Provide yourself with a self-devised ruler

Refreshed by the whip of one of the horsemen

Repugnance for the old laws began to take root in his heart

Seditious words are like sparks, which are borne by the wind

Successes, like misfortunes, never come singly

The beginning of things is not more attractive

The scholar's ears are at his back: when he is flogged

The man within him, and not on the circumstances without

The dressing and undressing of the holy images

The experienced love to signify their superiority

The mother of foresight looks backwards

Think of his wife, not with affection only, but with pride

Those whom we fear, says my uncle, we cannot love

Thou canst say in words what we can only feel

Thought that the insane were possessed by demons

Title must not be a bill of fare

Trustfulness is so dear, so essential to me

Use words instead of swords, traps instead of lances

We quarrel with no one more readily than with the benefactor

Whether the form of our benevolence does more good or mischief

Youth should be modest, and he was assertive

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#12][ge12v10.txt]5450

Did the ancients know anything of love

Folly to fret over what cannot be undone

Go down into the grave before us (Our children)

He who kills a cat is punished (for murder)

In those days men wept, as well as women

Lovers delighted in nature then as now

Multitude who, like the gnats, fly towards every thing brilliant

Olympics—The first was fixed 776 B.C.

Papyrus Ebers

Pious axioms to be repeated by the physician, while compounding

Romantic love, as we know it, a result of Christianity

True host puts an end to the banquet

Whether the historical romance is ever justifiable

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#13][ge13v10.txt]5451

Avoid excessive joy as well as complaining grief

Cast off all care; be mindful only of pleasure

Creed which views life as a short pilgrimage to the grave

Does happiness consist then in possession

Happiness has nothing to do with our outward circumstances

In our country it needs more courage to be a coward

Observe a due proportion in all things

One must enjoy the time while it is here

Pilgrimage to the grave, and death as the only true life

Robes cut as to leave the right breast uncovered

The priests are my opponents, my masters

Time is clever in the healing art

We live for life, not for death

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#14][ge14v10.txt]5452

A kind word hath far more power than an angry one

Abuse not those who have outwitted thee

Cannot understand how trifles can make me so happy

Confess I would rather provoke a lioness than a woman

Curiosity is a woman's vice

I cannot . . . Say rather: I will not

In this immense temple man seemed a dwarf in his own eyes

Know how to honor beauty; and prove it by taking many wives

Mosquito-tower with which nearly every house was provided

Natural impulse which moves all old women to favor lovers

Sent for a second interpreter

Sing their libels on women (Greek Philosophers)

Those are not my real friends who tell me I am beautiful

Young Greek girls pass their sad childhood in close rooms

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#15][ge15v10.txt]5453

A first impression is often a final one

Assigned sixty years as the limit of a happy life

At my age every year must be accepted as an undeserved gift

Cambyses had been spoiled from his earliest infancy

Devoid of occupation, envy easily becomes hatred

Easy to understand what we like to hear

Eros mocks all human efforts to resist or confine him

Eyes are much more eloquent than all the tongues in the world

For the errors of the wise the remedy is reparation, not regret

Greeks have not the same reverence for truth

He who is to govern well must begin by learning to obey

In war the fathers live to mourn for their slain sons

Inn, was to be found about every eighteen miles

Lovers are the most unteachable of pupils

The beautiful past is all he has to live upon

The gods cast envious glances at the happiness of mortals

Unwise to try to make a man happy by force

War is a perversion of nature

Ye play with eternity as if it were but a passing moment

Zeus pays no heed to lovers' oaths

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#16][ge16v10.txt]5454

Death is so long and life so short

No man was allowed to ask anything of the gods for himself

Take heed lest pride degenerate into vainglory

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#17][ge17v10.txt]5455

Call everything that is beyond your comprehension a miracle

Never so clever as when we have to find excuses for our own sins

So long as we are able to hope and wish

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#18][ge18v10.txt]5456

Blessings go as quickly as they come

Hast thou a wounded heart? touch it seldom

Nothing is perfectly certain in this world

Only two remedies for heart-sickness:—hope and patience

Remember, a lie and your death are one and the same

Scarcely be able to use so large a sum—Then abuse it

Whatever a man would do himself, he thinks others are capable of

When love has once taken firm hold of a man in riper years

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#19][ge19v10.txt]5457

Corpse to be torn in pieces by dogs and vultures

He is the best host, who allows his guests the most freedom

The past belongs to the dead; only fools count upon the future

They praise their butchers more than their benefactors

We've talked a good deal of love with our eyes already

Wise men hold fast by the ever young present

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#20][ge20v10.txt]5458

Between two stools a man falls to the ground

Human beings hate the man who shows kindness to their enemies

Misfortune too great for tears

Nothing is more dangerous to love, than a comfortable assurance

Ordered his feet to be washed and his head anointed

Rules of life given by one man to another are useless

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, by Georg Ebers, v10 [GE#21][ge21v10.txt]5459

A noble mind can never swim with the stream

Age is inquisitive

Apis the progeny of a virgin cow and a moonbeam

Be not merciful unto him who is a liar or a rebel

Canal to connect the Nile with the Red Sea

I was not swift to anger, nor a liar, nor a violent ruler

Introduced a regular system of taxation—(Darius)

Numbers are the only certain things

Resistance always brings out a man's best powers

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, by Ebers, Complete [GE#22][ge22v10.txt]5460

A kind word hath far more power than an angry one

A first impression is often a final one

A noble mind can never swim with the stream

Abuse not those who have outwitted thee

Age is inquisitive

Apis the progeny of a virgin cow and a moonbeam

Assigned sixty years as the limit of a happy life

At my age every year must be accepted as an undeserved gift

Avoid excessive joy as well as complaining grief

Be not merciful unto him who is a liar or a rebel

Between two stools a man falls to the ground

Blessings go as quickly as they come

Call everything that is beyond your comprehension a miracle

Cambyses had been spoiled from his earliest infancy

Canal to connect the Nile with the Red Sea

Cannot understand how trifles can make me so happy

Cast off all care; be mindful only of pleasure

Confess I would rather provoke a lioness than a woman

Corpse to be torn in pieces by dogs and vultures

Creed which views life as a short pilgrimage to the grave

Curiosity is a woman's vice

Death is so long and life so short

Devoid of occupation, envy easily becomes hatred

Did the ancients know anything of love

Does happiness consist then in possession

Easy to understand what we like to hear

Eros mocks all human efforts to resist or confine him

Eyes are much more eloquent than all the tongues in the world

Folly to fret over what cannot be undone

For the errors of the wise the remedy is reparation, not regret

Go down into the grave before us (Our children)

Greeks have not the same reverence for truth

Happiness has nothing to do with our outward circumstances

Hast thou a wounded heart? touch it seldom

He who kills a cat is punished (for murder)

He is the best host, who allows his guests the most freedom

He who is to govern well must begin by learning to obey

Human beings hate the man who shows kindness to their enemies

I cannot . . . Say rather: I will not

I was not swift to anger, nor a liar, nor a violent ruler

In war the fathers live to mourn for their slain sons

In our country it needs more courage to be a coward

In this immense temple man seemed a dwarf in his own eyes

In those days men wept, as well as women

Inn, was to be found about every eighteen miles

Introduced a regular system of taxation-Darius

Know how to honor beauty; and prove it by taking many wives

Lovers delighted in nature then as now

Lovers are the most unteachable of pupils

Misfortune too great for tears

Mosquito-tower with which nearly every house was provided

Multitude who, like the gnats, fly towards every thing brilliant

Natural impulse which moves all old women to favor lovers

Never so clever as when we have to find excuses for our own sins

No man was allowed to ask anything of the gods for himself

Nothing is more dangerous to love, than a comfortable assurance

Nothing is perfectly certain in this world

Numbers are the only certain things

Observe a due proportion in all things

Olympics—The first was fixed 776 B.C.

One must enjoy the time while it is here

Only two remedies for heart-sickness:—hope and patience

Ordered his feet to be washed and his head anointed

Papyrus Ebers

Pilgrimage to the grave, and death as the only true life

Pious axioms to be repeated by the physician, while compounding

Remember, a lie and your death are one and the same

Resistance always brings out a man's best powers

Robes cut as to leave the right breast uncovered

Romantic love, as we know it, a result of Christianity

Rules of life given by one man to another are useless

Scarcely be able to use so large a sum—Then abuse it

Sent for a second interpreter

Sing their libels on women (Greek Philosophers)

So long as we are able to hope and wish

Take heed lest pride degenerate into vainglory

The past belongs to the dead; only fools count upon the future

The priests are my opponents, my masters

The gods cast envious glances at the happiness of mortals

The beautiful past is all he has to live upon

They praise their butchers more than their benefactors

Those are not my real friends who tell me I am beautiful

Time is clever in the healing art

True host puts an end to the banquet

Unwise to try to make a man happy by force

War is a perversion of nature

We live for life, not for death

We've talked a good deal of love with our eyes already

Whatever a man would do himself, he thinks others are capable of

When love has once taken firm hold of a man in riper years

Whether the historical romance is ever justifiable

Wise men hold fast by the ever young present

Ye play with eternity as if it were but a passing moment

Young Greek girls pass their sad childhood in close rooms

Zeus pays no heed to lovers' oaths

THE SISTERS, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#23][ge23v10.txt]5461

A mere nothing in one man's life, to another may be great

A subdued tone generally provokes an equally subdued answer

Air of a professional guide

Before you serve me up so bitter a meal (the truth)

Blind tenderness which knows no reason

By nature she is not and by circumstances is compelled to be

Deceit is deceit

Desire to seek and find a power outside us

Inquisitive eyes are intrusive company

Many a one would rather be feared than remain unheeded

Not yet fairly come to the end of yesterday

The altar where truth is mocked at

Virtues are punished in this world

Who can be freer than he who needs nothing

Who only puts on his armor when he is threatened

THE SISTERS, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#24][ge24v10.txt]5462

And what is great—and what is small

Behold, the puny Child of Man

Evolution and annihilation

Flattery is a key to the heart

Hold pleasure to be the highest good

Man is the measure of all things

Museum of Alexandria and the Library

One hand washes the other

Prefer deeds to words

What are we all but puny children?

THE SISTERS, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#25][ge25v10.txt]5463

If you want to catch mice you must waste bacon

Man works with all his might for no one but himself

Nothing permanent but change

Nothing so certain as that nothing is certain

Priests that they should instruct the people to be obedient

THE SISTERS, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#26][ge26v10.txt]5464

Created the world out of nothing for no other purpose

Dreamless sleep after a day brimful of enjoyment

Man must subjugate matter and not become subject to it

No one believes anything that can diminish his self-esteem

Praise out of all proportion to our merit

Save them the trouble of thinking for themselves

She no longer thought these things—she was possessed by them

Taken it upon herself to be always strong, and self-reliant

The most terrible of all the gods, are women

The sun seems to move too slowly to those who long and wait

We seek for truth; the Jews believe they possess it entirely

Who always think at second-hand

Why so vehement, sister? So much zeal is quite unnecessary

THE SISTERS, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#27][ge27v10.txt]5465

A debtor, says the proverb, is half a prisoner

Old women grow like men, and old men grow like women

They get ahead of us, and yet—I would not change with them

THE SISTERS, by Ebers, Complete [GE#28][ge28v10.txt]5466

A subdued tone generally provokes an equally subdued answer

A mere nothing in one man's life, to another may be great

A debtor, says the proverb, is half a prisoner

Air of a professional guide

And what is great—and what is small

Before you serve me up so bitter a meal (the truth)

Behold, the puny Child of Man

Blind tenderness which knows no reason

By nature she is not and by circumstances is compelled to be

Deceit is deceit

Desire to seek and find a power outside us

Evolution and annihilation

Flattery is a key to the heart

Hold pleasure to be the highest good

If you want to catch mice you must waste bacon

Inquisitive eyes are intrusive company

Man is the measure of all things

Man works with all his might for no one but himself

Many a one would rather be feared than remain unheeded

Museum of Alexandria and the Library

Not yet fairly come to the end of yesterday

Nothing permanent but change

Nothing so certain as that nothing is certain

Old women grow like men, and old men grow like women

One hand washes the other

Prefer deeds to words

Priests that they should instruct the people to be obedient

The altar where truth is mocked at

They get ahead of us, and yet—I would not change with them

Virtues are punished in this world

What are we all but puny children?

Who can be freer than he who needs nothing

Who only puts on his armor when he is threatened

JOSHUA, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#29][ge29v10.txt]5467

Hate, though never sated, can yet be gratified

Omnipotent God, who had preferred his race above all others

When hate and revenge speak, gratitude shrinks timidly

Who can prop another's house when his own is falling

JOSHUA, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#30][ge30v10.txt]5468

Brief "eternity" of national covenants

Choose between too great or too small a recompense

Regard the utterances and mandates of age as wisdom

There is no 'never,' no surely

Voice of the senses, which drew them together, will soon be mute

JOSHUA, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#31][ge31v10.txt]5469

A school where people learned modesty

But what do you men care for the suffering you inflict on others

Childhood already lies behind me, and youth will soon follow

Good advice is more frequently unheeded than followed

Precepts and lessons which only a mother can give

Should I be a man, if I forgot vengeance?

To the mines meant to be doomed to a slow, torturing death

What had formerly afforded me pleasure now seemed shallow

JOSHUA, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#32][ge32v10.txt]5470

I do not like to enquire about our fate beyond the grave

Then hate came; but it did not last long

JOSHUA, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#33][ge33v10.txt]5471

Asenath, the wife of Joseph, had been an Egyptian

Most ready to be angry with those to whom we have been unjust

Pleasant sensation of being a woman, like any other woman

Woman's disapproving words were blown away by the wind

JOSHUA, by Ebers, Complete [GE#34][ge34v10.txt]5472

A school where people learned modesty

Asenath, the wife of Joseph, had been an Egyptian

Brief "eternity" of national covenants

But what do you men care for the suffering you inflict on others

Childhood already lies behind me, and youth will soon follow

Choose between too great or too small a recompense

Good advice is more frequently unheeded than followed

Hate, though never sated, can yet be gratified

I do not like to enquire about our fate beyond the grave

Most ready to be angry with those to whom we have been unjust

Omnipotent God, who had preferred his race above all others

Pleasant sensation of being a woman, like any other woman

Precepts and lessons which only a mother can give

Regard the utterances and mandates of age as wisdom

Should I be a man, if I forgot vengeance?

Then hate came; but it did not last long

There is no 'never,' no surely

To the mines meant to be doomed to a slow, torturing death

Voice of the senses, which drew them together, will soon be mute

What had formerly afforded me pleasure now seemed shallow

When hate and revenge speak, gratitude shrinks timidly

Who can prop another's house when his own is falling

Woman's disapproving words were blown away by the wind

CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#35][ge35v10.txt]5473

Contempt had become too deep for hate

Jealousy has a thousand eyes

Zeus does not hear the vows of lovers

CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#36][ge36v10.txt]5474

Shadow of the candlestick caught her eye before the light

Soul which ceases to regard death as a misfortune finds peace

CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#37][ge37v10.txt]5475

From Epicurus to Aristippus, is but a short step

Preferred a winding path to a straight one

CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#38][ge38v10.txt]5476

Aspect obnoxious to the gaze will pour water on the fire

Everything that exists moves onward to destruction and decay

Trouble does not enhance beauty

CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#39][ge39v10.txt]5477

Without heeding the opinion of mortals

CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#40][ge40v10.txt]5478

See facts as they are and treat them like figures in a sum

CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#41][ge41v10.txt]5479

Epicurus, who believed that with death all things ended

No, she was not created to grow old

Nothing in life is either great or small

Priests: in order to curb the unruly conduct of the populace

She would not purchase a few more years of valueless life

To govern the world one must have less need of sleep

What changes so quickly as joy and sorrow

CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#42][ge42v10.txt]5480

Fairest dreams of childhood were surpassed

Golden chariot drawn by tamed lions

Life had fulfilled its pledges

Until neither knew which was the giver and which the receiver

CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#43][ge43v10.txt]5481

Pain is the inseparable companion of love

CLEOPATRA, by Ebers, Complete [GE#44][ge44v10.txt]5482

Aspect obnoxious to the gaze will pour water on the fire

Contempt had become too deep for hate

Epicurus, who believed that with death all things ended

Everything that exists moves onward to destruction and decay

Fairest dreams of childhood were surpassed

From Epicurus to Aristippus, is but a short step

Golden chariot drawn by tamed lions

Jealousy has a thousand eyes

Life had fulfilled its pledges

No, she was not created to grow old

Nothing in life is either great or small

Pain is the inseparable companion of love

Preferred a winding path to a straight one

Priests: in order to curb the unruly conduct of the populace

See facts as they are and treat them like figures in a sum

Shadow of the candlestick caught her eye before the light

She would not purchase a few more years of valueless life

Soul which ceases to regard death as a misfortune finds peace

To govern the world one must have less need of sleep

Trouble does not enhance beauty

Until neither knew which was the giver and which the receiver

What changes so quickly as joy and sorrow

Without heeding the opinion of mortals

Zeus does not hear the vows of lovers

THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#45][ge45v10.txt]5483

Facts are differently reflected in different minds

Have not yet learned not to be astonished

Ill-judgment to pronounce a thing impossible

Years are the foe of beauty

THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#46][ge46v10.txt]5484

A well-to-do man always gets a higher price than a poor one

I must either rest or begin upon something new

THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#47][ge47v10.txt]5485

Have lived to feel such profound contempt for the world

In order to find himself for once in good company—(Solitude)

Never speaks a word too much or too little

They keep an account in their heart and not in their head

THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#48][ge48v10.txt]5486

Enjoy the present day

Idleness had long since grown to be the occupation of his life

It was such a comfort once more to obey an order

Philosophers who wrote of the vanity of writers

THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#49][ge49v10.txt]5487

Avoid all useless anxiety

To know half is less endurable than to know nothing

Who do all they are able and enjoy as much as they can get

THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#50][ge50v10.txt]5488

Happiness is only the threshold to misery

When a friend refuses to share in joys

THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#51][ge51v10.txt]5489

Dried merry-thought bone of a fowl

More to the purpose to think of the future than of the past

So long as we do not think ourselves wretched, we are not so

Temples would be empty if mortals had nothing left to wish for

THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#52][ge52v10.txt]5490

Youth has a right to go astray now and then

Feeling themselves oppressed by the benevolence

THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#53][ge53v10.txt]5491

If one only knew who it is all for

Love laughs at locksmiths

Wide world between the purpose and the deed

THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v10 [GE#54][ge54v10.txt]5492

Incomprehensible set no limits to his thirst for knowledge

You must admire it, every connoisseur must

THE EMPEROR, by Ebers, Complete [GE#55][ge55v10.txt]5493

A well-to-do man always gets a higher price than a poor one

Avoid all useless anxiety

Dried merry-thought bone of a fowl

Enjoy the present day

Facts are differently reflected in different minds

Feeling themselves oppressed by the benevolence

Happiness is only the threshold to misery

Have not yet learned not to be astonished

Have lived to feel such profound contempt for the world

I must either rest or begin upon something new

Idleness had long since grown to be the occupation of his life

If one only knew who it is all for

Ill-judgment to pronounce a thing impossible

In order to find himself for once in good company—(Solitude)

Incomprehensible set no limits to his thirst for knowledge

It was such a comfort once more to obey an order

Love laughs at locksmiths

More to the purpose to think of the future than of the past

Never speaks a word too much or too little

Philosophers who wrote of the vanity of writers

So long as we do not think ourselves wretched, we are not so

Temples would be empty if mortals had nothing left to wish for

They keep an account in their heart and not in their head

To know half is less endurable than to know nothing

When a friend refuses to share in joys

Who do all they are able and enjoy as much as they can get

Wide world between the purpose and the deed

Years are the foe of beauty

You must admire it, every connoisseur must

Youth has a right to go astray now and then

HOMO SUM, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#56][ge56v10.txt]5494

Action trod on the heels of resolve

Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto

I am human, nothing that is human can I regard as alien to me

Love is at once the easiest and the most difficult

Love overlooks the ravages of years and has a good memory

No judgment is so hard as that dealt by a slave to slaves

No man is more than man, and many men are less

Sky as bare of cloud as the rocks are of shrubs and herbs

Sleep avoided them both, and each knew that the other was awake

The older one grows the quicker the hours hurry away

To pray is better than to bathe

Wakefulness may prolong the little term of life

HOMO SUM, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#57][ge57v10.txt]5495

He who wholly abjures folly is a fool

Some caution is needed even in giving a warning

Who can point out the road that another will take

HOMO SUM, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#58][ge58v10.txt]5496

Overlooks his own fault in his feeling of the judge's injustice

HOMO SUM, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#59][ge59v10.txt]5497

Can such love be wrong?

HOMO SUM, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#60][ge60v10.txt]5498

He out of the battle can easily boast of being unconquered

Pray for me, a miserable man—for I was a man

HOMO SUM, by Ebers, Complete [GE#61][ge61v10.txt]5499

Action trod on the heels of resolve

Can such love be wrong?

He who wholly abjures folly is a fool

He out of the battle can easily boast of being unconquered

Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto

I am human, nothing that is human can I regard as alien to me

Love is at once the easiest and the most difficult

Love overlooks the ravages of years and has a good memory

No judgment is so hard as that dealt by a slave to slaves

No man is more than man, and many men are less

Overlooks his own fault in his feeling of the judge's injustice

Pray for me, a miserable man—for I was a man

Sky as bare of cloud as the rocks are of shrubs and herbs

Sleep avoided them both, and each knew that the other was awake

Some caution is needed even in giving a warning

The older one grows the quicker the hours hurry away

To pray is better than to bathe

Wakefulness may prolong the little term of life

Who can point out the road that another will take

SERAPIS, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#62][ge62v10.txt]5501

Christian hypocrites who pretend to hate life and love death

He may talk about the soul—what he is after is the girl

Love means suffering—those who love drag a chain with them

To her it was not a belief but a certainty

Trifling incident gains importance when undue emphasis is laid

SERAPIS, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#63][ge63v10.txt]5502

People who have nothing to do always lack time

Perish all those who do not think as we do

Reason is a feeble weapon in contending with a woman

Words that sounded kindly, but with a cold, unloving heart

SERAPIS, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#64][ge64v10.txt]5503

Pretended to see nothing in the old woman's taunts

Very hard to imagine nothingness

SERAPIS, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#65][ge65v10.txt]5504

Christianity had ceased to be the creed of the poor

He spoke with pompous exaggeration

Whether man were the best or the worst of created beings

SERAPIS, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#66][ge66v10.txt]5505

Great happiness, and mingled therefor with bitter sorrow

It is not by enthusiasm but by tactics that we defeat a foe

Rapture and anguish—who can lay down the border line

SERAPIS, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#67][ge67v10.txt]5506

What have I to care for but my child's happiness?

Faith is the true Herb of Grace. The intellect is its foe

SERAPIS, by Ebers, Complete [GE#68][ge68v10.txt]5507

Christian hypocrites who pretend to hate life and love death

Christianity had ceased to be the creed of the poor

Faith is the true Herb of Grace. The intellect is its foe

Great happiness, and mingled therefor with bitter sorrow

He may talk about the soul—what he is after is the girl

He spoke with pompous exaggeration

It is not by enthusiasm but by tactics that we defeat a foe

Love means suffering—those who love drag a chain with them

People who have nothing to do always lack time

Perish all those who do not think as we do

Pretended to see nothing in the old woman's taunts

Rapture and anguish—who can lay down the border line

Reason is a feeble weapon in contending with a woman

To her it was not a belief but a certainty

Trifling incident gains importance when undue emphasis is laid

Very hard to imagine nothingness

What have I to care for but my child's happiness?

Whether man were the best or the worst of created beings

Words that sounded kindly, but with a cold, unloving heart

ARACHNE, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#69][ge69v10.txt]5508

Cast my warning to the winds, pity will also fly away with it

Must—that word is a ploughshare which suits only loose soil

Tender and uncouth natural sounds, which no language knows

There is nothing better than death, for it is peace

Tone of patronizing instruction assumed by the better informed

Wait, child! What is life but waiting?

ARACHNE, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#70][ge70v10.txt]5509

Cautious inquiry saves recantation

Nature is sufficient for us

There are no gods, and whoever bows makes himself a slave

Waiting is the merchant's wisdom

Woman's hair is long, but her wit is short

ARACHNE, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#71][ge71v10.txt]5510

Secluded monotony of his life as a scar over memory

ARACHNE, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#72][ge72v10.txt]5511

Camels, which were rarely seen in Egypt

ARACHNE, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#73][ge73v10.txt]5512

Chance, which took no heed of merit or unworthiness

Deceived himself concerning the value of his own work

Gods whom men had invented after their own likeness

Hate the person from whom he receives benefits

ARACHNE, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#74][ge74v10.txt]5513

Aimless life of pleasure

ARACHNE, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#75][ge75v10.txt]5514

Forbidden the folly of spoiling the present by remorse

Two griefs always belong to one joy

ARACHNE, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#76][ge76v10.txt]5515

Regular messenger and carrier-dove service had been established

ARACHNE, by Ebers, Complete [GE#77][ge77v10.txt]5516

Aimless life of pleasure

Camels, which were rarely seen in Egypt

Cast my warning to the winds, pity will also fly away with it

Cautious inquiry saves recantation

Forbidden the folly of spoiling the present by remorse

Must—that word is a ploughshare which suits only loose soil

Nature is sufficient for us

Regular messenger and carrier-dove service had been established

Secluded monotony of his life as a scar over memory

Tender and uncouth natural sounds, which no language knows

There is nothing better than death, for it is peace

There are no gods, and whoever bows makes himself a slave

Tone of patronizing instruction assumed by the better informed

Two griefs always belong to one joy

Wait, child! What is life but waiting?

Waiting is the merchant's wisdom

Woman's hair is long, but her wit is short

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#78][ge78v10.txt]5517

Abandon to the young the things we ourselves used most to enjoy

Spoilt to begin with by their mothers, and then all the women

Talk of the wolf and you see his tail

Temples of the old gods were used as quarries

Women are indeed the rock ahead in this young fellow's life

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#79][ge79v10.txt]5518

Ancient custom, to have her ears cut off

Caught the infection and had to laugh whether she would or no

Gave them a claim on your person and also on your sorrows

How could they find so much pleasure in such folly

Of two evils it is wise to choose the lesser

Prepared for the worst; then you are armed against failure

Who can hope to win love that gives none

Who can take pleasure in always seeing a gloomy face?

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#80][ge80v10.txt]5519

Love has two faces: tender devotion and bitter aversion

Self-interest and egoism which drive him into the cave

The man who avoids his kind and lives in solitude

You have a habit of only looking backwards

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#81][ge81v10.txt]5520

In whom some good quality or other may not be discovered

Life is not a banquet

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#82][ge82v10.txt]5521

Gratitude is a tribute on which no wise man ever reckons

Healthy soul is only to be found in a healthy body

Man is the standard of all things

Persians never prayed for any particular blessing

The immortal gods have set sweat before virtue

Things you mean are only what they seem to us

Would want some one else to wear herself out for

Any woman can forgive any man for his audacity in loving her

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#83][ge83v10.txt]5522

A knot can often be untied by daylight

Hatred and love are the opposite ends of the same rod

Life is a function, a ministry, a duty

So hard is it to forego the right of hating

Those who will not listen must feel

Use their physical helplessness as a defence

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#84][ge84v10.txt]5523

An old war horse, though harnessed to the plough

As soon as a white thread could be distinguished from a black one

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#85][ge85v10.txt]5524

He was made to be plundered

Old age no longer forgets; it is youth that has a short memory

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#86][ge86v10.txt]5525

Better place if there were neither masters nor servants

See with agonizing clearness what he had lost in her

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Georg Ebers, v10 [GE#87][ge87v10.txt]5526

Thin-skinned, like all up-starts in authority

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Georg Ebers, v12 [GE#89][ge89v10.txt]5528

Sea-port was connected with Medina by a pigeon-post

THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, by Ebers, Complete [GE#90][ge90v10.txt]5529

A knot can often be untied by daylight

Abandon to the young the things we ourselves used most to enjoy

An old war horse, though harnessed to the plough

Ancient custom, to have her ears cut off

As soon as a white thread could be distinguished from a black one

Better place if there were neither masters nor servants

Caught the infection and had to laugh whether she would or no

Gave them a claim on your person and also on your sorrows

Hatred and love are the opposite ends of the same rod

He was made to be plundered

How could they find so much pleasure in such folly

In whom some good quality or other may not be discovered

Life is not a banquet

Life is a function, a ministry, a duty

Love has two faces: tender devotion and bitter aversion

Of two evils it is wise to choose the lesser

Old age no longer forgets; it is youth that has a short memory

Prepared for the worst; then you are armed against failure

Sea-port was connected with Medina by a pigeon-post

See with agonizing clearness what he had lost in her

Self-interest and egoism which drive him into the cave

So hard is it to forego the right of hating

Spoilt to begin with by their mothers, and then all the women

Talk of the wolf and you see his tail

Temples of the old gods were used as quarries

The man who avoids his kind and lives in solitude

Thin-skinned, like all up-starts in authority

Those who will not listen must feel

Use their physical helplessness as a defence

Who can hope to win love that gives none

Who can take pleasure in always seeing a gloomy face?

Women are indeed the rock ahead in this young fellow's life

You have a habit of only looking backwards

A THORNY PATH, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#91][ge91v10.txt]5530

Man, in short, could be sure of nothing

Misfortunes commonly come in couples yoked like oxen

A THORNY PATH, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#92][ge92v10.txt]5531

For what will not custom excuse and sanctify?

A THORNY PATH, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#93][ge93v10.txt]5532

Force which had compelled every one to do as his neighbors

It is the passionate wish that gives rise to the belief

A THORNY PATH, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#94][ge94v10.txt]5533

Begun to enjoy the sound of his own voice

Cast off their disease as a serpent casts its skin

A THORNY PATH, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#95][ge95v10.txt]5534

Galenus—What I like is bad for me, what I loathe is wholesome

A THORNY PATH, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#97][ge97v10.txt]5536

Obstacles existed only to be removed

Speaking ill of others is their greatest delight

The past must stand; it is like a scar

A THORNY PATH, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#99][ge99v10.txt]5538

He only longed to be hopeful once more, to enjoy the present

Never to be astonished at anything

A THORNY PATH, by Georg Ebers, v10[GE#100][g100v10.txt]5539

Possess little and require nothing

A THORNY PATH, by Georg Ebers, v11[GE#101][g101v10.txt]5540

He has the gift of being easily consoled

A THORNY PATH, by Ebers, Complete [GE#103][g103v10.txt]5542

Begun to enjoy the sound of his own voice

Cast off their disease as a serpent casts its skin

For what will not custom excuse and sanctify?

Force which had compelled every one to do as his neighbors

Galenus—What I like is bad for me, what I loathe is wholesome

He has the gift of being easily consoled

He only longed to be hopeful once more, to enjoy the present

It is the passionate wish that gives rise to the belief

Man, in short, could be sure of nothing

Misfortunes commonly come in couples yoked like oxen

Never to be astonished at anything

Obstacles existed only to be removed

Possess little and require nothing

Speaking ill of others is their greatest delight

The past must stand; it is like a scar

IN FIRE OF THE FORGE, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#104][g104v10.txt]5543

Shipwrecked on the cliffs of 'better' and 'best'

IN FIRE OF THE FORGE, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#106][g106v10.txt]5545

Abandoned women (required by law to help put out the fires)

The heart must not be filled by another's image

IN FIRE OF THE FORGE, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#107][g107v10.txt]5546

Deem every hour that he was permitted to breathe as a gift

IN FIRE OF THE FORGE, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#109][g109v10.txt]5548

Welcome a small evil when it barred the way to a greater one

IN FIRE OF THE FORGE, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#110][g110v10.txt]5549

False praise, he says, weighs more heavily than disgrace

IN FIRE OF THE FORGE, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#111][g111v10.txt]5550

His sole effort had seemed to be to interfere with no one

No virtue which can be owned like a house or a steed

Retreat behind the high-sounding words "justice and law"

Strongest of all educational powers—sorrow and love

Usually found the worst wine in the taverns with showy signs

IN FIRE OF THE FORGE, by Ebers, Complete [GE#112][g112v10.txt]5551

Abandoned women (required by law to help put out the fires)

Deem every hour that he was permitted to breathe as a gift

False praise, he says, weighs more heavily than disgrace

His sole effort had seemed to be to interfere with no one

No virtue which can be owned like a house or a steed

Retreat behind the high-sounding words "justice and law"

Shipwrecked on the cliffs of 'better' and 'best'

Strongest of all educational powers—sorrow and love

The heart must not be filled by another's image

Usually found the worst wine in the taverns with showy signs

Welcome a small evil when it barred the way to a greater one

MARGERY, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#113][g113v10.txt]5552

As every word came straight from her heart

Be cautious how they are compassionate

Beware lest Satan find thee idle!

Brought imagination to bear on my pastimes

Comparing their own fair lot with the evil lot of others

Faith and knowledge are things apart

Flee from hate as the soul's worst foe

For the sake of those eyes you forgot all else

Her eyes were like open windows

Last Day we shall be called to account for every word we utter

Laugh at him with friendly mockery, such as hurts no man

Maid who gives hope to a suitor though she has no mind to hear

May they avoid the rocks on which I have bruised my feet

Men folks thought more about me than I deemed convenient

No man gains profit by any experience other than his own

One of those women who will not bear to be withstood

The god Amor is the best schoolmaster

They who will, can

When men-children deem maids to be weak and unfit for true sport

MARGERY, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#114][g114v10.txt]5553

Be happy while it is yet time

Germans are ever proud of a man who is able to drink deep

On with a new love when he had left the third bridge behind him

The not over-strong thread of my good patience

Vagabond knaves had already been put to the torture

MARGERY, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#115][g115v10.txt]5554

A small joy makes us to forget our heavy griefs

All I did was right in her eyes

Especial gift to listen keenly and question discreetly

Happiness should be found in making others happy

Have never been fain to set my heart on one only maid

Hopeful soul clings to delay as the harbinger of deliverance

No false comfort, no cloaking of the truth

One Head, instead of three, ruled the Church

Though thou lose all thou deemest thy happiness

MARGERY, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#116][g116v10.txt]5555

Love which is able and ready to endure all things

Wonder we leave for the most part to children and fools

MARGERY, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#117][g117v10.txt]5556

All things were alike to me

Fruits and pies and sweetmeats for the little ones at home

Were we not one and all born fools

MARGERY, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#118][g118v10.txt]5557

Forty or fifty, when most women only begin to be wicked

Shadow which must ever fall where there is light

Woman who might win the love of a highly-gifted soul (Pays for it)

MARGERY, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#119][g119v10.txt]5558

Marred their best joy in life by over-hasty ire

Misfortunes never come singly

MARGERY, by Georg Ebers, v8 [GE#120][g120v10.txt]5559

Ever creep in where true love hath found a nest—(jealousy)

One who stood in the sun must need cast a shadow on other folks

We each and all are waiting

MARGERY, by Ebers, Complete [GE#121][g121v10.txt]5560

A small joy makes us to forget our heavy griefs

All I did was right in her eyes

All things were alike to me

As every word came straight from her heart

Be cautious how they are compassionate

Be happy while it is yet time

Beware lest Satan find thee idle!

Brought imagination to bear on my pastimes

Comparing their own fair lot with the evil lot of others

Especial gift to listen keenly and question discreetly

Ever creep in where true love hath found a nest—(jealousy)

Faith and knowledge are things apart

Flee from hate as the soul's worst foe

For the sake of those eyes you forgot all else

Forty or fifty, when most women only begin to be wicked

Fruits and pies and sweetmeats for the little ones at home

Germans are ever proud of a man who is able to drink deep

Happiness should be found in making others happy

Have never been fain to set my heart on one only maid

Her eyes were like open windows

Hopeful soul clings to delay as the harbinger of deliverance

Last Day we shall be called to account for every word we utter

Laugh at him with friendly mockery, such as hurts no man

Love which is able and ready to endure all things

Maid who gives hope to a suitor though she has no mind to hear

Marred their best joy in life by over-hasty ire

May they avoid the rocks on which I have bruised my feet

Men folks thought more about me than I deemed convenient

Misfortunes never come singly

No man gains profit by any experience other than his own

No false comfort, no cloaking of the truth

On with a new love when he had left the third bridge behind him

One Head, instead of three, ruled the Church

One who stood in the sun must need cast a shadow on other folks

One of those women who will not bear to be withstood

Shadow which must ever fall where there is light

The god Amor is the best schoolmaster

The not over-strong thread of my good patience

They who will, can

Though thou lose all thou deemest thy happiness

Vagabond knaves had already been put to the torture

We each and all are waiting

Were we not one and all born fools

When men-children deem maids to be weak and unfit for true sport

Woman who might win the love of a highly-gifted soul (Pays for it)

Wonder we leave for the most part to children and fools

BARBARA BLOMBERG, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#122][g122v10.txt]5561

A live dog is better than a dead king

Always more good things in a poor family which was once rich

Harder it is to win a thing the higher its value becomes

No happiness will thrive on bread and water

BARBARA BLOMBERG, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#123][g123v10.txt]5562

Dread which the ancients had of the envy of the gods

Shuns the downward glance of compassion

That tears were the best portion of all human life

BARBARA BLOMBERG, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#124][g124v10.txt]5563

The blessing of those who are more than they seem

BARBARA BLOMBERG, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#125][g125v10.txt]5564

Cunning which is often a characteristic of narrow minds

Pride in charms which we do not possess (vanity)

BARBARA BLOMBERG, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#126][g126v10.txt]5565

Catholic, but his stomach desired to be Protestant (Erasmus)

BARBARA BLOMBERG, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#127][g127v10.txt]5566

Attain a lofty height from which to look down upon others

BARBARA BLOMBERG, by Georg Ebers, v7 [GE#128][g128v10.txt]5567

Whoever will not hear, must feel

BARBARA BLOMBERG, by Georg Ebers, v9 [GE#130][g130v10.txt]5569

Before learning to obey, he was permitted to command

Grief is grief, and this new sorrow does not change the old one

To the child death is only slumber

BARBARA BLOMBERG, by Georg Ebers, v10[GE#131][g131v10.txt]5570

The greatness he had gained he overlooked

Who does not struggle ward, falls back

BARBARA BLOMBERG, by Ebers, Complete [GE#132][g132v10.txt]5571

A live dog is better than a dead king

Always more good things in a poor family which was once rich

Attain a lofty height from which to look down upon others

Before learning to obey, he was permitted to command

Catholic, but his stomach desired to be Protestant (Erasmus)

Dread which the ancients had of the envy of the gods

Grief is grief, and this new sorrow does not change the old one

Harder it is to win a thing the higher its value becomes

No happiness will thrive on bread and water

Shuns the downward glance of compassion

That tears were the best portion of all human life

The blessing of those who are more than they seem

The greatness he had gained he overlooked

To the child death is only slumber

Who does not struggle ward, falls back

Whoever will not hear, must feel

A WORD ONLY A WORD, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#133][g133v10.txt]5572

He was steadfast in everything, even anger

A WORD ONLY A WORD, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#134][g134v10.txt]5573

No one we learn to hate more easily, than the benefactor

Once laughed at a misfortune, its sting loses its point

To expect gratitude is folly

Whoever condemns, feels himself superior

A WORD ONLY A WORD, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#135][g135v10.txt]5574

Among fools one must be a fool

A WORD ONLY A WORD, by Ebers, Complete [GE#138][g138v10.txt]5577

Among fools one must be a fool

He was steadfast in everything, even anger

No one we learn to hate more easily, than the benefactor

Once laughed at a misfortune, its sting loses its point

To expect gratitude is folly

Whoever condemns, feels himself superior

BURGOMASTER'S WIFE, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#139][g139v10.txt]5578

A blustering word often does good service

Held in too slight esteem to be able to offer an affront

The shirt is closer than the coat

Those two little words 'wish' and 'ought'

Wet inside, he can bear a great deal of moisture without

BURGOMASTER'S WIFE, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#140][g140v10.txt]5579

Art ceases when ugliness begins

Debts, but all anxiety concerning them is left to the creditors

Despair and extravagant gayety ruled her nature by turns

Repos ailleurs

The best enjoyment in creating is had in anticipation

To whom the emotion of sorrow affords a mournful pleasure

BURGOMASTER'S WIFE, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#141][g141v10.txt]5580

Hat is the sign of liberty, and the free man keeps his hat on

Must take care not to poison the fishes with it

BURGOMASTER'S WIFE, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#142][g142v10.txt]5581

Drinking is also an art, and the Germans are masters of it

Here the new custom of tobacco-smoking was practised

Standing still is retrograding

To whom fortune gives once, it gives by bushels

Youth calls 'much,' what seems to older people 'little'

BURGOMASTER'S WIFE, by Ebers, Complete [GE#144][g144v10.txt]5583

A blustering word often does good service

Art ceases when ugliness begins

Debts, but all anxiety concerning them is left to the creditors

Despair and extravagant gayety ruled her nature by turns

Drinking is also an art, and the Germans are masters of it

Hat is the sign of liberty, and the free man keeps his hat on

Held in too slight esteem to be able to offer an affront

Here the new custom of tobacco-smoking was practised

Must take care not to poison the fishes with it

Repos ailleurs

Standing still is retrograding

The shirt is closer than the coat

The best enjoyment in creating is had in anticipation

Those two little words 'wish' and 'ought'

To whom fortune gives once, it gives by bushels

To whom the emotion of sorrow affords a mournful pleasure

Wet inside, he can bear a great deal of moisture without

Youth calls 'much,' what seems to older people 'little'

IN THE BLUE PIKE, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#145][g145v10.txt]5584

Arrogant wave of the hand, and in an instructive tone

Honest anger affords a certain degree of enjoyment

Ovid, 'We praise the ancients'

Pays better to provide for people's bodies than for their brains

Who gives great gifts, expects great gifts again

Who watches for his neighbour's faults has a hundred sharp eyes

IN THE BLUE PIKE, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#146][g146v10.txt]5585

Buy indugence for sins to be committed in the future

Mirrors were not allowed in the convent

IN THE BLUE PIKE, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#147][g147v10.txt]5586

Repeated the exclamation: "Too late!" and again, "Too late!

IN THE BLUE PIKE, by Ebers, Complete [GE#148][g148v10.txt]5587

Arrogant wave of the hand, and in an instructive tone

Buy indugence for sins to be committed in the future

Honest anger affords a certain degree of enjoyment

Mirrors were not allowed in the convent

Ovid, 'We praise the ancients'

Pays better to provide for people's bodies than for their brains

Repeated the exclamation: "Too late!" and again, "Too late!

Who watches for his neighbour's faults has a hundred sharp eyes

Who gives great gifts, expects great gifts again

A QUESTION, by Georg Ebers, [GE#149][g149v10.txt]5588

Absence of suffering is not happiness

Laughing before sunrise causes tears at evening

People see what they want to see

Seems most charming at the time we are obliged to resign it

Wrath has two eyes—one blind, the other keener than a falcon's

THE ELIXIR, by Georg Ebers, [GE#150][g150v10.txt]5589

Caress or a spank from you—each at the proper time

Clothes the ugly truth as with a pleasing garment

Couple seemed to get on so perfectly well without them

Death itself sometimes floats 'twixt cup and lip'

Exceptional people are destined to be unhappy in this world

If speech be silver, silence then is gold!

THE GREYLOCK, by Georg Ebers, [GE#151][g151v10.txt]5590

At my age we count it gain not to be disappointed

Had laid aside what we call nerves

Like a clock that points to one hour while it strikes another

To-morrow could give them nothing better than to-day

COMPLETE SHORT WORKS by Georg Ebers, [GE#153][g153v10.txt]5592

Absence of suffering is not happiness

Arrogant wave of the hand, and in an instructive tone

At my age we count it gain not to be disappointed

Buy indugence for sins to be committed in the future

Caress or a spank from you—each at the proper time

Clothes the ugly truth as with a pleasing garment

Couple seemed to get on so perfectly well without them

Death itself sometimes floats 'twixt cup and lip'

Exceptional people are destined to be unhappy in this world

Had laid aside what we call nerves

Honest anger affords a certain degree of enjoyment

If speech be silver, silence then is gold!

Laughing before sunrise causes tears at evening

Like a clock that points to one hour while it strikes another

Mirrors were not allowed in the convent

Ovid, 'We praise the ancients'

Pays better to provide for people's bodies than for their brains

People see what they want to see

Repeated the exclamation: "Too late!" and again, "Too late!

Seems most charming at the time we are obliged to resign it

To-morrow could give them nothing better than to-day

Who watches for his neighbour's faults has a hundred sharp eyes

Who gives great gifts, expects great gifts again

Wrath has two eyes—one blind, the other keener than a falcon's

THE STORY OF MY LIFE, by Georg Ebers, v1 [GE#154][g154v10.txt]5593

Full as an egg

I plead with voice and pen in behalf of fairy tales

Nobody was allowed to be perfectly idle

The carp served on Christmas eve in every Berlin family

To be happy, one must forget what cannot be altered

Unjust to injure and rob the child for the benefit of the man

When you want to strike me again, mother, please take off

THE STORY OF MY LIFE, by Georg Ebers, v2 [GE#155][g155v10.txt]5594

Child cannot distinguish between what is amusing and what is sad

Child is naturally egotistical

Deserve the gratitude of my people, though it should be denied

Half-comprehended catchwords serve as a banner

Hanging the last king with the guts of the last priest

Readers often like best what is most incredible

Smell most powerful of all the senses in awakening memory

THE STORY OF MY LIFE, by Georg Ebers, v3 [GE#156][g156v10.txt]5595

Hollow of the hand, Diogenes's drinking-cup

Life is valued so much less by the young

Required courage to be cowardly

THE STORY OF MY LIFE, by Georg Ebers, v4 [GE#157][g157v10.txt]5596

A word at the right time and place

Confucius's command not to love our fellow-men but to respect

THE STORY OF MY LIFE, by Georg Ebers, v5 [GE#158][g158v10.txt]5597

Coach moved by electricity

Do thoroughly whatever they do at all

I approve of such foolhardiness

Life is the fairest fairy tale (Anderson)

Loved himself too much to give his whole affection to any one

Scorned the censure of the people, he never lost sight of it

What father does not find something to admire in his child

THE STORY OF MY LIFE, by Georg Ebers, v6 [GE#159][g159v10.txt]5598

Appreciation of trifles

Carpe diem

How effective a consolation man possesses in gratitude

Men studying for their own benefit, not the teacher's

Phrase and idea "philosophy of religion" as an absurdity

THE STORY OF MY LIFE, by Ebers, Complete [GE#160][g160v10.txt]5599

A word at the right time and place

Appreciation of trifles

Carpe diem

Child is naturally egotistical

Child cannot distinguish between what is amusing and what is sad

Coach moved by electricity

Confucius's command not to love our fellow-men but to respect

Deserve the gratitude of my people, though it should be denied

Do thoroughly whatever they do at all

Full as an egg

Half-comprehended catchwords serve as a banner

Hanging the last king with the guts of the last priest

Hollow of the hand, Diogenes's drinking-cup

How effective a consolation man possesses in gratitude

I approve of such foolhardiness

I plead with voice and pen in behalf of fairy tales

Life is valued so much less by the young

Life is the fairest fairy tale (Anderson)

Loved himself too much to give his whole affection to any one

Men studying for their own benefit, not the teacher's

Nobody was allowed to be perfectly idle

Phrase and idea "philosophy of religion" as an absurdity

Readers often like best what is most incredible

Required courage to be cowardly

Scorned the censure of the people, he never lost sight of it

Smell most powerful of all the senses in awakening memory

The carp served on Christmas eve in every Berlin family

To be happy, one must forget what cannot be altered

Unjust to injure and rob the child for the benefit of the man

What father does not find something to admire in his child

When you want to strike me again, mother, please take off

THE COMPLETE PG EDITION OF GEORG EBERS [GE#161][g161v10.txt]5600

A noble mind can never swim with the stream

A first impression is often a final one

A small joy makes us to forget our heavy griefs

A live dog is better than a dead king

A well-to-do man always gets a higher price than a poor one

A subdued tone generally provokes an equally subdued answer

A dirty road serves when it makes for the goal

A knot can often be untied by daylight

A school where people learned modesty

A word at the right time and place

A mere nothing in one man's life, to another may be great

A debtor, says the proverb, is half a prisoner

A kind word hath far more power than an angry one

A blustering word often does good service

Abandon to the young the things we ourselves used most to enjoy

Abandoned women (required by law to help put out the fires)

Absence of suffering is not happiness

Abuse not those who have outwitted thee

Action trod on the heels of resolve

Age is inquisitive

Age when usually even bad liquor tastes of honey

Aimless life of pleasure

Air of a professional guide

All I did was right in her eyes

All things were alike to me

Always more good things in a poor family which was once rich

Among fools one must be a fool

An admirer of the lovely color of his blue bruises

Ancient custom, to have her ears cut off

And what is great—and what is small

Apis the progeny of a virgin cow and a moonbeam

Appreciation of trifles

Ardently they desire that which transcends sense

Arrogant wave of the hand, and in an instructive tone

Art ceases when ugliness begins

As every word came straight from her heart

Asenath, the wife of Joseph, had been an Egyptian

Ask for what is feasible

Aspect obnoxious to the gaze will pour water on the fire

Assigned sixty years as the limit of a happy life

At my age we count it gain not to be disappointed

At my age every year must be accepted as an undeserved gift

Attain a lofty height from which to look down upon others

Avoid excessive joy as well as complaining grief

Avoid all useless anxiety

Be not merciful unto him who is a liar or a rebel

Be happy while it is yet time

Be cautious how they are compassionate

Bearers of ill ride faster than the messengers of weal

Before you serve me up so bitter a meal (the truth)

Before learning to obey, he was permitted to command

Begun to enjoy the sound of his own voice

Behold, the puny Child of Man

Between two stools a man falls to the ground

Beware lest Satan find thee idle!

Blessings go as quickly as they come

Blind tenderness which knows no reason

Blossom of the thorny wreath of sorrow

Brief "eternity" of national covenants

Brought imagination to bear on my pastimes

But what do you men care for the suffering you inflict on others

Buy indugence for sins to be committed in the future

By nature she is not and by circumstances is compelled to be

Call everything that is beyond your comprehension a miracle

Called his daughter to wash his feet

Cambyses had been spoiled from his earliest infancy

Camels, which were rarely seen in Egypt

Can such love be wrong?

Canal to connect the Nile with the Red Sea

Cannot understand how trifles can make me so happy

Caress or a spank from you—each at the proper time

Carpe diem

Cast my warning to the winds, pity will also fly away with it

Cast off their disease as a serpent casts its skin

Cast off all care; be mindful only of pleasure

Catholic, but his stomach desired to be Protestant (Erasmus)

Caught the infection and had to laugh whether she would or no

Cautious inquiry saves recantation

Child is naturally egotistical

Child cannot distinguish between what is amusing and what is sad

Childhood already lies behind me, and youth will soon follow

Choose between too great or too small a recompense

Christian hypocrites who pretend to hate life and love death

Christianity had ceased to be the creed of the poor

Clothes the ugly truth as with a pleasing garment

Coach moved by electricity

Colored cakes in the shape of beasts

Comparing their own fair lot with the evil lot of others

Confess I would rather provoke a lioness than a woman

Confucius's command not to love our fellow-men but to respect

Contempt had become too deep for hate

Corpse to be torn in pieces by dogs and vultures

Couple seemed to get on so perfectly well without them

Creed which views life as a short pilgrimage to the grave

Curiosity is a woman's vice

Death is so long and life so short

Death itself sometimes floats 'twixt cup and lip'

Debts, but all anxiety concerning them is left to the creditors

Deceit is deceit

Deem every hour that he was permitted to breathe as a gift

Deficient are as guilty in their eyes as the idle

Desert is a wonderful physician for a sick soul

Deserve the gratitude of my people, though it should be denied

Desire to seek and find a power outside us

Despair and extravagant gayety ruled her nature by turns

Devoid of occupation, envy easily becomes hatred

Did the ancients know anything of love

Do not spoil the future for the sake of the present

Do thoroughly whatever they do at all

Does happiness consist then in possession

Dread which the ancients had of the envy of the gods

Dried merry-thought bone of a fowl

Drink of the joys of life thankfully, and in moderation

Drinking is also an art, and the Germans are masters of it

Easy to understand what we like to hear

Enjoy the present day

Epicurus, who believed that with death all things ended

Eros mocks all human efforts to resist or confine him

Especial gift to listen keenly and question discreetly

Ever creep in where true love hath found a nest—(jealousy)

Every misfortune brings its fellow with it

Everything that exists moves onward to destruction and decay

Evolution and annihilation

Exceptional people are destined to be unhappy in this world

Exhibit one's happiness in the streets, and conceal one's misery

Eyes kind and frank, without tricks of glance

Eyes are much more eloquent than all the tongues in the world

Facts are differently reflected in different minds

Fairest dreams of childhood were surpassed

Faith and knowledge are things apart

False praise, he says, weighs more heavily than disgrace

Flattery is a key to the heart

Flee from hate as the soul's worst foe

Folly to fret over what cannot be undone

For fear of the toothache, had his sound teeth drawn

For the sake of those eyes you forgot all else

For the errors of the wise the remedy is reparation, not regret

For what will not custom excuse and sanctify?

Forbidden the folly of spoiling the present by remorse

Force which had compelled every one to do as his neighbors

Forty or fifty, when most women only begin to be wicked

From Epicurus to Aristippus, is but a short step

Fruits and pies and sweetmeats for the little ones at home

Full as an egg

Galenus—What I like is bad for me, what I loathe is wholesome

Gave them a claim on your person and also on your sorrows

Germans are ever proud of a man who is able to drink deep

Go down into the grave before us (Our children)

Golden chariot drawn by tamed lions

Good advice is more frequently unheeded than followed

Great happiness, and mingled therefor with bitter sorrow

Greeks have not the same reverence for truth

Grief is grief, and this new sorrow does not change the old one

Had laid aside what we call nerves

Half-comprehended catchwords serve as a banner

Hanging the last king with the guts of the last priest

Happiness has nothing to do with our outward circumstances

Happiness is only the threshold to misery

Happiness should be found in making others happy

Harder it is to win a thing the higher its value becomes

Hast thou a wounded heart? touch it seldom

Hat is the sign of liberty, and the free man keeps his hat on

Hate, though never sated, can yet be gratified

Hatred and love are the opposite ends of the same rod

Hatred for all that hinders the growth of light

Hatred between man and man

Have not yet learned not to be astonished

Have never been fain to set my heart on one only maid

Have lived to feel such profound contempt for the world

He may talk about the soul—what he is after is the girl

He who kills a cat is punished (for murder)

He who looks for faith must give faith

He is clever and knows everything, but how silly he looks now

He was steadfast in everything, even anger

He only longed to be hopeful once more, to enjoy the present

He who is to govern well must begin by learning to obey

He was made to be plundered

He is the best host, who allows his guests the most freedom

He has the gift of being easily consoled

He who wholly abjures folly is a fool

He out of the battle can easily boast of being unconquered

He spoke with pompous exaggeration

Held in too slight esteem to be able to offer an affront

Her white cat was playing at her feet

Her eyes were like open windows

Here the new custom of tobacco-smoking was practised

His sole effort had seemed to be to interfere with no one

Hold pleasure to be the highest good

Hollow of the hand, Diogenes's drinking-cup

Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto

Honest anger affords a certain degree of enjoyment

Hopeful soul clings to delay as the harbinger of deliverance

How easy it is to give wounds, and how hard it is to heal

How could they find so much pleasure in such folly

How tender is thy severity

How effective a consolation man possesses in gratitude

Human sacrifices, which had been introduced into Egypt by the Phoenicians

Human beings hate the man who shows kindness to their enemies

I am human, nothing that is human can I regard as alien to me

I approve of such foolhardiness

I plead with voice and pen in behalf of fairy tales

I must either rest or begin upon something new

I cannot . . . Say rather: I will not

I know that I am of use

I have never deviated from the exact truth even in jest

I was not swift to anger, nor a liar, nor a violent ruler

I do not like to enquire about our fate beyond the grave

Idleness had long since grown to be the occupation of his life

If you want to catch mice you must waste bacon

If one only knew who it is all for

If it were right we should not want to hide ourselves

If speech be silver, silence then is gold!

Ill-judgment to pronounce a thing impossible

Impartial looker-on sees clearer than the player

In order to find himself for once in good company—(Solitude)

In whom some good quality or other may not be discovered

In those days men wept, as well as women

In this immense temple man seemed a dwarf in his own eyes

In our country it needs more courage to be a coward

In war the fathers live to mourn for their slain sons

Inn, was to be found about every eighteen miles

Inquisitive eyes are intrusive company

Introduced a regular system of taxation-Darius

It is not seeing, it is seeking that is delightful

It was such a comfort once more to obey an order

It is not by enthusiasm but by tactics that we defeat a foe

It is the passionate wish that gives rise to the belief

Jealousy has a thousand eyes

Judge only by appearances, and never enquire into the causes

Kisra called wine the soap of sorrow

Know how to honor beauty; and prove it by taking many wives

Last Day we shall be called to account for every word we utter

Laugh at him with friendly mockery, such as hurts no man

Laughing before sunrise causes tears at evening

Learn early to pass lightly over little things

Learn to obey, that later you may know how to command

Life is not a banquet

Life is a function, a ministry, a duty

Life is the fairest fairy tale (Anderson)

Life is valued so much less by the young

Life had fulfilled its pledges

Like the cackle of hens, which is peculiar to Eastern women

Like a clock that points to one hour while it strikes another

Love has two faces: tender devotion and bitter aversion

Love means suffering—those who love drag a chain with them

Love which is able and ready to endure all things

Love laughs at locksmiths

Love is at once the easiest and the most difficult

Love overlooks the ravages of years and has a good memory

Loved himself too much to give his whole affection to any one

Lovers delighted in nature then as now

Lovers are the most unteachable of pupils

Maid who gives hope to a suitor though she has no mind to hear

Man, in short, could be sure of nothing

Man works with all his might for no one but himself

Man is the measure of all things

Man has nothing harder to endure than uncertainty

Many creditors are so many allies

Many a one would rather be feared than remain unheeded

Marred their best joy in life by over-hasty ire

May they avoid the rocks on which I have bruised my feet

Medicines work harm as often as good

Men studying for their own benefit, not the teacher's

Men folks thought more about me than I deemed convenient

Mirrors were not allowed in the convent

Misfortune too great for tears

Misfortunes commonly come in couples yoked like oxen

Misfortunes never come singly

Money is a pass-key that turns any lock

More to the purpose to think of the future than of the past

Mosquito-tower with which nearly every house was provided

Most ready to be angry with those to whom we have been unjust

Multitude who, like the gnats, fly towards every thing brilliant

Museum of Alexandria and the Library

Must take care not to poison the fishes with it

Must—that word is a ploughshare which suits only loose soil

Natural impulse which moves all old women to favor lovers

Nature is sufficient for us

Never speaks a word too much or too little

Never so clever as when we have to find excuses for our own sins

Never to be astonished at anything

No judgment is so hard as that dealt by a slave to slaves

No man is more than man, and many men are less

No man was allowed to ask anything of the gods for himself

No good excepting that from which we expect the worst

No, she was not created to grow old

No happiness will thrive on bread and water

No one we learn to hate more easily, than the benefactor

No man gains profit by any experience other than his own

No false comfort, no cloaking of the truth

No one so self-confident and insolent as just such an idiot

No virtue which can be owned like a house or a steed

Nobody was allowed to be perfectly idle

None of us really know anything rightly

Not yet fairly come to the end of yesterday

Nothing in life is either great or small

Nothing is perfectly certain in this world

Nothing permanent but change

Nothing so certain as that nothing is certain

Nothing is more dangerous to love, than a comfortable assurance

Numbers are the only certain things

Observe a due proportion in all things

Obstacles existed only to be removed

Obstinacy—which he liked to call firm determination

Of two evils it is wise to choose the lesser

Often happens that apparent superiority does us damage

Old women grow like men, and old men grow like women

Old age no longer forgets; it is youth that has a short memory

Olympics—The first was fixed 776 B.C.

Omnipotent God, who had preferred his race above all others

On with a new love when he had left the third bridge behind him

Once laughed at a misfortune, its sting loses its point

One falsehood usually entails another

One of those women who will not bear to be withstood

One should give nothing up for lost excepting the dead

One hand washes the other

One must enjoy the time while it is here

One who stood in the sun must need cast a shadow on other folks

One Head, instead of three, ruled the Church

Only the choice between lying and silence

Only two remedies for heart-sickness:—hope and patience

Ordered his feet to be washed and his head anointed

Our thinkers are no heroes, and our heroes are no sages

Overbusy friends are more damaging than intelligent enemies

Overlooks his own fault in his feeling of the judge's injustice

Ovid, 'We praise the ancients'

Pain is the inseparable companion of love

Papyrus Ebers

Patronizing friendliness

Pays better to provide for people's bodies than for their brains

People who have nothing to do always lack time

People see what they want to see

Perish all those who do not think as we do

Philosophers who wrote of the vanity of writers

Phrase and idea "philosophy of religion" as an absurdity

Pilgrimage to the grave, and death as the only true life

Pious axioms to be repeated by the physician, while compounding

Pleasant sensation of being a woman, like any other woman

Possess little and require nothing

Pray for me, a miserable man—for I was a man

Precepts and lessons which only a mother can give

Prefer deeds to words

Preferred a winding path to a straight one

Prepare sorrow when we come into the world

Prepared for the worst; then you are armed against failure

Pretended to see nothing in the old woman's taunts

Priests that they should instruct the people to be obedient

Priests: in order to curb the unruly conduct of the populace

Principle of over-estimating the strength of our opponents

Provide yourself with a self-devised ruler

Rapture and anguish—who can lay down the border line

Readers often like best what is most incredible

Reason is a feeble weapon in contending with a woman

Refreshed by the whip of one of the horsemen

Regard the utterances and mandates of age as wisdom

Regular messenger and carrier-dove service had been established

Remember, a lie and your death are one and the same

Repeated the exclamation: "Too late!" and again, "Too late!

Repos ailleurs

Repugnance for the old laws began to take root in his heart

Required courage to be cowardly

Resistance always brings out a man's best powers

Retreat behind the high-sounding words "justice and law"

Robes cut as to leave the right breast uncovered

Romantic love, as we know it, a result of Christianity

Rules of life given by one man to another are useless

Scarcely be able to use so large a sum—Then abuse it

Scorned the censure of the people, he never lost sight of it

Sea-port was connected with Medina by a pigeon-post

Seditious words are like sparks, which are borne by the wind

See facts as they are and treat them like figures in a sum

Seems most charming at the time we are obliged to resign it

Self-interest and egoism which drive him into the cave

Sent for a second interpreter

Shadow which must ever fall where there is light

Shadow of the candlestick caught her eye before the light

She would not purchase a few more years of valueless life

Shipwrecked on the cliffs of 'better' and 'best'

Should I be a man, if I forgot vengeance?

Shuns the downward glance of compassion

Sing their libels on women (Greek Philosophers)

Sky as bare of cloud as the rocks are of shrubs and herbs

Sleep avoided them both, and each knew that the other was awake

Smell most powerful of all the senses in awakening memory

So long as we are able to hope and wish

So long as we do not think ourselves wretched, we are not so

So hard is it to forego the right of hating

Some caution is needed even in giving a warning

Soul which ceases to regard death as a misfortune finds peace

Speaking ill of others is their greatest delight

Spoilt to begin with by their mothers, and then all the women

Standing still is retrograding

Strongest of all educational powers—sorrow and love

Successes, like misfortunes, never come singly

Take heed lest pride degenerate into vainglory

Talk of the wolf and you see his tail

Temples would be empty if mortals had nothing left to wish for

Temples of the old gods were used as quarries

Tender and uncouth natural sounds, which no language knows

That tears were the best portion of all human life

The heart must not be filled by another's image

The blessing of those who are more than they seem

The past belongs to the dead; only fools count upon the future

The priests are my opponents, my masters

The carp served on Christmas eve in every Berlin family

The gods cast envious glances at the happiness of mortals

The past must stand; it is like a scar

The man who avoids his kind and lives in solitude

The beautiful past is all he has to live upon

The altar where truth is mocked at

The older one grows the quicker the hours hurry away

The shirt is closer than the coat

The beginning of things is not more attractive

The mother of foresight looks backwards

The greatness he had gained he overlooked

The dressing and undressing of the holy images

The god Amor is the best schoolmaster

The not over-strong thread of my good patience

The man within him, and not on the circumstances without

The scholar's ears are at his back: when he is flogged

The best enjoyment in creating is had in anticipation

The experienced love to signify their superiority

Then hate came; but it did not last long

There is no 'never,' no surely

There are no gods, and whoever bows makes himself a slave

There is nothing better than death, for it is peace

They who will, can

They praise their butchers more than their benefactors

They keep an account in their heart and not in their head

They get ahead of us, and yet—I would not change with them

Thin-skinned, like all up-starts in authority

Think of his wife, not with affection only, but with pride

Those are not my real friends who tell me I am beautiful

Those who will not listen must feel

Those two little words 'wish' and 'ought'

Those whom we fear, says my uncle, we cannot love

Thou canst say in words what we can only feel

Though thou lose all thou deemest thy happiness

Thought that the insane were possessed by demons

Time is clever in the healing art

Title must not be a bill of fare

To pray is better than to bathe

To govern the world one must have less need of sleep

To know half is less endurable than to know nothing

To her it was not a belief but a certainty

To the child death is only slumber

To expect gratitude is folly

To the mines meant to be doomed to a slow, torturing death

To whom the emotion of sorrow affords a mournful pleasure

To whom fortune gives once, it gives by bushels

To-morrow could give them nothing better than to-day

To be happy, one must forget what cannot be altered

Tone of patronizing instruction assumed by the better informed

Trifling incident gains importance when undue emphasis is laid

Trouble does not enhance beauty

True host puts an end to the banquet

Trustfulness is so dear, so essential to me

Two griefs always belong to one joy

Unjust to injure and rob the child for the benefit of the man

Until neither knew which was the giver and which the receiver

Unwise to try to make a man happy by force

Use their physical helplessness as a defence

Use words instead of swords, traps instead of lances

Usually found the worst wine in the taverns with showy signs

Vagabond knaves had already been put to the torture

Very hard to imagine nothingness

Virtues are punished in this world

Voice of the senses, which drew them together, will soon be mute

Wait, child! What is life but waiting?

Waiting is the merchant's wisdom

Wakefulness may prolong the little term of life

War is a perversion of nature

We live for life, not for death

We quarrel with no one more readily than with the benefactor

We each and all are waiting

We've talked a good deal of love with our eyes already

Welcome a small evil when it barred the way to a greater one

Were we not one and all born fools

Wet inside, he can bear a great deal of moisture without

What had formerly afforded me pleasure now seemed shallow

What changes so quickly as joy and sorrow

What are we all but puny children?

What father does not find something to admire in his child

Whatever a man would do himself, he thinks others are capable of

When love has once taken firm hold of a man in riper years

When a friend refuses to share in joys

When men-children deem maids to be weak and unfit for true sport

When hate and revenge speak, gratitude shrinks timidly

When you want to strike me again, mother, please take off

Whether the form of our benevolence does more good or mischief

Whether man were the best or the worst of created beings

Whether the historical romance is ever justifiable

Who watches for his neighbour's faults has a hundred sharp eyes

Who can point out the road that another will take

Who can be freer than he who needs nothing

Who only puts on his armor when he is threatened

Who does not struggle ward, falls back

Who gives great gifts, expects great gifts again

Who do all they are able and enjoy as much as they can get

Who can take pleasure in always seeing a gloomy face?

Who can prop another's house when his own is falling

Who can hope to win love that gives none

Whoever condemns, feels himself superior

Whoever will not hear, must feel

Wide world between the purpose and the deed

Wise men hold fast by the ever young present

Without heeding the opinion of mortals

Woman who might win the love of a highly-gifted soul (Pays for it)

Woman's disapproving words were blown away by the wind

Woman's hair is long, but her wit is short

Women are indeed the rock ahead in this young fellow's life

Wonder we leave for the most part to children and fools

Words that sounded kindly, but with a cold, unloving heart

Wrath has two eyes—one blind, the other keener than a falcon's

Ye play with eternity as if it were but a passing moment

Years are the foe of beauty

You have a habit of only looking backwards

Young Greek girls pass their sad childhood in close rooms

Youth should be modest, and he was assertive

Youth calls 'much,' what seems to older people 'little'

Zeus does not hear the vows of lovers

Zeus pays no heed to lovers' oaths

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