Famous quotes containing the words eighteen years, age, eighteen and/or years:
“German spirit: for the past eighteen years a contradictio in adjecto.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society which enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands and mines this remark:MI wasnt worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two millions of dollars.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
“German spirit: for the past eighteen years a contradictio in adjecto.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)