High German Word

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

    “To that high Capital, where kingly Death
    Keeps his pale court in beauty and decay,
    He came.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.”
    —Albert Einstein (1879–1955)

    “I pray for fashion’s word is out
    And prayer comes round again
    That I may seem, though I die old,
    A foolish, passionate man.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)