Famous quotes containing the words german and/or state:
“The French courage proceeds from vanitythe German from phlegmthe Turkish from fanaticism & opiumthe Spanish from pridethe English from coolnessthe Dutch from obstinacythe Russian from insensibilitybut the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“No mans nature is able to know what is best for the social state of man; or, knowing, always able to do what is best.”
—Plato (c. 427347 B.C.)