High German Word

Famous quotes containing the words high, german and/or word:

“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person,—”Always do what you are afraid to do.””
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)

“A gentleman’s word is like a touch of a whip to a racehorse.”
—Chinese proverb.