German Possessions

Famous quotes containing the words german and/or possessions:

“By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, to-day in Germany I am called a German man of science, and in England I am represented as a Swiss Jew. If I come to be regarded as a bête noire the descriptions will be reversed, and I shall become a Swiss Jew for the Germans and a German man of science for the English!”
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955)

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