Famous quotes containing the words german and/or philosopher:
“I heard a Californian student in Heidelberg say, in one of his calmest moods, that he would rather decline two drinks than one German adjective.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
“Not fat but the greatest possible suppleness and strength is what a good dancer wants from his nourishmentand I could not even guess what the spirit of a philosopher might wish to be more than a good dancer. For dance is his ideal, and also his art, and finally also his only piety, his service to God.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)