Famous quotes containing the words german, high and/or command:
“The German Reich is a Republic, and whoever doesnt believe it gets one in the neck.”
—Alfred Döblin (18781957)
“One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Under bare Ben Bulbens head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase;
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman pass by!”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
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