Where there is much light, the...

Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest.
[Ger., Wo viel Licht is, ist starker Schatten.]

I am the Spirit that denies.

I am the Spirit that denies.
[Ger., Ich bin der Geist stets verneint.]

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There is nothing more fearful ...

There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste.
[Ger., Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne
Geschmack.]

Alas! sorrow from happiness i...

Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.
[Ger., Ach! aus dem Gluck entwickelt oft sich Schmerz.]

Who never ate his bread in sor...

Who never ate his bread in sorrow,
Who never spent the darksome hours
Weeping, and watching for the morrow,--
He knows ye not, ye gloomy Powers.
[Ger., Wer nie sein Brod mit Thranen ass,
Wer nicht die kummervollen Nachte
Auf seinem Bette weinend sass,
Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Machte.]

There is nothing more frightfu...

There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige
Unwissenheit.]

Science and art belong to the ...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish
the barriers of nationality.
[Ger., Wissenschaft und Kunst gehoren der Welt an, und vor ihhen
verschwinden die Schranken der Nationalitat.]

The trouble is small, the fun ...

The trouble is small, the fun is great.
[Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]

No, no! The devil is an egoti...

No, no! The devil is an egotist,
And is not apt, without why or wherefore,
'For God's sake,' others to assist.
[Ger., Nein, nein! Der Teufel ist ein Egoist
Und thut nicht leicht um Gottes Willen,
Was einem Andern nutzlich ist.]

Culture which smooth the whole...

Culture which smooth the whole world licks,
Also unto the devil sticks.
[Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt,
Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt.]

Water its living strength firs...

Water its living strength first shows,
When obstacles its course oppose.

In the twilight of morning to ...

In the twilight of morning to climb to the top of the mountain,--
Thee to salute, kindly star, earliest herald of day,--
And to await, with impatience, the gaze of the ruler of heaven.--
Youthful delight, oh, how oft lur'st thou me out in the night.

It is in self-limitation that ...

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

Life belongs to the living, an...

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Dream no small dreams for they...

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

They teach in academies far to...

They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

The intelligent man finds almo...

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing.

Nature goes her own way and al...

Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.

He who has a firm will molds t...

He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.

Age does not make us childish,...

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.