German Possessions

Famous quotes containing the words german and/or possessions:

“Seventeen hundred and fifty-five.
Georgius Secundus was then alive,—
Snuffy old drone from the German hive.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

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