Famous quotes containing the words von, place, date and/or birth:
“That we understand something perfectly, that we accomplish something better than anyone else around us, that is what matters.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“No place of grace for those who avoid the face
No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the voice”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Modern tourist guides have helped raised tourist expectations. And they have provided the natives—from Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichacestenango—with a detailed and itemized list of what is expected of them and when. These are the up-to- date scripts for actors on the tourists’ stage.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“The condition that gives birth to a rule is not the same as the condition to which the rule gives birth.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)