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QUOTES AND IMAGES FROM GEORG EBERS
THE WORKS OF EBERS
By Georg Ebers
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Novels Of Georg Ebers
Portrait Of Georg Ebers
Uarda
Cleopatra
Margery
Homo Sum--The Recluse
In The Fire Of The Forge
Bookcover
QUOTATIONS:
A noble mind can never swim with the
stream
A first impression is often a final one
A small joy makes us to forget our
heavy griefs
A live dog is better than a dead king
A well-to-do man always gets a higher
price than a poor one
A subdued tone generally provokes an
equally subdued answer
A dirty road serves when it makes for
the goal
A knot can often be untied by daylight
A school where people learned modesty
A word at the right time and place
A mere nothing in one man's life, to
another may be great
A debtor, says the proverb, is half a
prisoner
A kind word hath far more power than an
angry one
A blustering word often does good
service
Abandon to the young the things we
ourselves used most to enjoy
Abandoned women (required by law to
help put out the fires)
Absence of suffering is not happiness
Abuse not those who have outwitted thee
Action trod on the heels of resolve
Age is inquisitive
Age when usually even bad liquor tastes
of honey
Aimless life of pleasure
Air of a professional guide
All I did was right in her eyes
All things were alike to me
Always more good things in a poor
family which was once rich
Among fools one must be a fool
An admirer of the lovely color of his
blue bruises
Ancient custom, to have her ears cut
off
And what is great--and what is small
Apis the progeny of a virgin cow and a
moonbeam
Appreciation of trifles
Ardently they desire that which
transcends sense
Arrogant wave of the hand, and in an
instructive tone
Art ceases when ugliness begins
As every word came straight from her
heart
Asenath, the wife of Joseph, had been
an Egyptian
Ask for what is feasible
Aspect obnoxious to the gaze will pour
water on the fire
Assigned sixty years as the limit of a
happy life
At my age we count it gain not to be
disappointed
At my age every year must be accepted
as an undeserved gift
Attain a lofty height from which to
look down upon others
Avoid excessive joy as well as
complaining grief
Avoid all useless anxiety
Be not merciful unto him who is a liar
or a rebel
Be happy while it is yet time
Be cautious how they are compassionate
Bearers of ill ride faster than the
messengers of weal
Before you serve me up so bitter a meal
(the truth)
Before learning to obey, he was
permitted to command
Begun to enjoy the sound of his own
voice
Behold, the puny Child of Man
Between two stools a man falls to the
ground
Beware lest Satan find thee idle!
Blessings go as quickly as they come
Blind tenderness which knows no reason
Blossom of the thorny wreath of sorrow
Brief "eternity" of national covenants
Brought imagination to bear on my
pastimes
But what do you men care for the
suffering you inflict on others
Buy indulgence for sins to be committed
in the future
By nature she is not and by
circumstances is compelled to be
Call everything that is beyond your
comprehension a miracle
Called his daughter to wash his feet
Cambyses had been spoiled from his
earliest infancy
Camels, which were rarely seen in Egypt
Can such love be wrong?
Canal to connect the Nile with the Red
Sea
Cannot understand how trifles can make
me so happy
Caress or a spank from you--each at the
proper time
Carpe diem
Cast my warning to the winds, pity will
also fly away with it
Cast off their disease as a serpent
casts its skin
Cast off all care; be mindful only of
pleasure
Catholic, but his stomach desired to be
Protestant (Erasmus)
Caught the infection and had to laugh
whether she would or no
Cautious inquiry saves recantation
Child is naturally egotistical
Child cannot distinguish between what
is amusing and what is sad
Childhood already lies behind me, and
youth will soon follow
Choose between too great or too small a
recompense
Christian hypocrites who pretend to
hate life and love death
Christianity had ceased to be the creed
of the poor
Clothes the ugly truth as with a
pleasing garment
Coach moved by electricity
Colored cakes in the shape of beasts
Comparing their own fair lot with the
evil lot of others
Confess I would rather provoke a
lioness than a woman
Confucius's command not to love our
fellow-men but to respect
Contempt had become too deep for hate
Corpse to be torn in pieces by dogs and
vultures
Couple seemed to get on so perfectly
well without them
Creed which views life as a short
pilgrimage to the grave
Curiosity is a woman's vice
Death is so long and life so short
Death itself sometimes floats 'twixt
cup and lip'
Debts, but all anxiety concerning them
is left to the creditors
Deceit is deceit
Deem every hour that he was permitted
to breathe as a gift
Deficient are as guilty in their eyes
as the idle
Desert is a wonderful physician for a
sick soul
Deserve the gratitude of my people,
though it should be denied
Desire to seek and find a power outside
us
Despair and extravagant gayety ruled
her nature by turns
Devoid of occupation, envy easily
becomes hatred
Did the ancients know anything of love
Do not spoil the future for the sake of
the present
Do thoroughly whatever they do at all
Does happiness consist then in
possession
Dread which the ancients had of the
envy of the gods
Dried merry-thought bone of a fowl
Drink of the joys of life thankfully,
and in moderation
Drinking is also an art, and the
Germans are masters of it
Easy to understand what we like to hear
Enjoy the present day
Epicurus, who believed that with death
all things ended
Eros mocks all human efforts to resist
or confine him
Especial gift to listen keenly and
question discreetly
Ever creep in where true love hath
found a nest--(jealousy)
Every misfortune brings its fellow with
it
Everything that exists moves onward to
destruction and decay
Evolution and annihilation
Exceptional people are destined to be
unhappy in this world
Exhibit one's happiness in the streets,
and conceal one's misery
Eyes kind and frank, without tricks of
glance
Eyes are much more eloquent than all
the tongues in the world
Facts are differently reflected in
different minds
Fairest dreams of childhood were
surpassed
Faith and knowledge are things apart
False praise, he says, weighs more
heavily than disgrace
Flattery is a key to the heart
Flee from hate as the soul's worst foe
Folly to fret over what cannot be
undone
For fear of the toothache, had his
sound teeth drawn
For the sake of those eyes you forgot
all else
For the errors of the wise the remedy
is reparation, not regret
For what will not custom excuse and
sanctify?
Forbidden the folly of spoiling the
present by remorse
Force which had compelled every one to
do as his neighbors
Forty or fifty, when most women only
begin to be wicked
From Epicurus to Aristippus, is but a
short step
Fruits and pies and sweetmeats for the
little ones at home
Full as an egg
Galenus--What I like is bad for me,
what I loathe is wholesome
Gave them a claim on your person and
also on your sorrows
Germans are ever proud of a man who is
able to drink deep
Go down into the grave before us (Our
children)
Golden chariot drawn by tamed lions
Good advice is more frequently unheeded
than followed
Great happiness, and mingled therefor
with bitter sorrow
Greeks have not the same reverence for
truth
Grief is grief, and this new sorrow
does not change the old one
Had laid aside what we call nerves
Half-comprehended catchwords serve as a
banner
Hanging the last king with the guts of
the last priest
Happiness has nothing to do with our
outward circumstances
Happiness is only the threshold to
misery
Happiness should be found in making
others happy
Harder it is to win a thing the higher
its value becomes
Hast thou a wounded heart? touch it
seldom
Hat is the sign of liberty, and the
free man keeps his hat on
Hate, though never sated, can yet be
gratified
Hatred and love are the opposite ends
of the same rod
Hatred for all that hinders the growth
of light
Hatred between man and man
Have not yet learned not to be
astonished
Have never been fain to set my heart on
one only maid
Have lived to feel such profound
contempt for the world
He may talk about the soul--what he is
after is the girl
He who kills a cat is punished (for
murder)
He who looks for faith must give faith
He is clever and knows everything, but
how silly he looks now
He was steadfast in everything, even
anger
He only longed to be hopeful once more,
to enjoy the present
He who is to govern well must begin by
learning to obey
He was made to be plundered
He is the best host, who allows his
guests the most freedom
He has the gift of being easily
consoled
He who wholly abjures folly is a fool
He out of the battle can easily boast
of being unconquered
He spoke with pompous exaggeration
Held in too slight esteem to be able to
offer an affront
Her white cat was playing at her feet
Her eyes were like open windows
Here the new custom of tobacco-smoking
was practised
His sole effort had seemed to be to
interfere with no one
Hold pleasure to be the highest good
Hollow of the hand, Diogenes's
drinking-cup
Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto
Honest anger affords a certain degree
of enjoyment
Hopeful soul clings to delay as the
harbinger of deliverance
How easy it is to give wounds, and how
hard it is to heal
How could they find so much pleasure in
such folly
How tender is thy severity
How effective a consolation man
possesses in gratitude
Human sacrifices, which had been
introduced into Egypt by the
Phoenicians
Human beings hate the man who shows
kindness to their enemies
I am human, nothing that is human can I
regard as alien to me
I approve of such foolhardiness
I plead with voice and pen in behalf of
fairy tales
I must either rest or begin upon
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