Die Meistersinger Von

Famous quotes containing the words die and/or von:

    “Adultery? Thou shalt not die. Die for adultery!
    No, the wren goes to’t, and the small gilded fly
    Does lecher in my sight. Let copulation thrive.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “If we could do away with death, we wouldn’t object; to do away with capital punishment will be more difficult. Were that to happen, we would reinstate it from time to time.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)