German Possessions

Famous quotes containing the words german and/or possessions:

“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] (1835–1910)

“Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.”
—Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)