Famous quotes containing the words german and/or ice:
“The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Goodness and evil never share the same road, just as ice and charcoal never share the same container.”
—Chinese proverb.