German Officer

Famous quotes containing the words german and/or officer:

    “The German language “speaks Being,” while all the others merely “speak of Being.””
    —Martin Heidegger (1889–1976)

    “A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)