North German

Famous quotes containing the words north and/or german:

“Refinement’s origin:
the remote north country’s
rice-planting song.”
—Matsuo Basho (1644–1694)

“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)