Famous quotes containing the words german public, german and/or public:
“The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Seventeen hundred and fifty-five.
Georgius Secundus was then alive,
Snuffy old drone from the German hive.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (18091894)
“Take example by your father, my boy, and be wery careful o vidders all your life, specially if theyve kept a public house, Sammy.”
—Charles Dickens (18121870)
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