Georg Ebers

Name: Quotations from Georg Ebers
Author: Georg Ebers

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“Quotations from Georg Ebers”, is a work by Georg Ebers. It explores elements such as great gifts, benefactor and gratitude.

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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! ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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? ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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Georg Ebers, Quotations from Georg Ebers

“ 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 ”

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