Georg Ebers Quotes & Sayings

Pretended to see nothing in the old woman's taunts. Very hard to imagine nothingness. — Georg Ebers

True love does not paralyze, but doubles the high qualities of man. — Georg Ebers

Christian hypocrites who pretend to hate life and love death. He may talk about the soul-what he is after is the girl Love means suffering-those who love drag a chain with them. To her it was not a belief but a certainty Trifling incident gains importance when undue emphasis is laid. — Georg Ebers

Great happiness, and mingled therefor with bitter sorrow. It is not by enthusiasm but by tactics that we defeat a foe. — Georg Ebers

People who have nothing to do always lack time. Perish all those who do not think as we do. Reason is a feeble weapon in contending with a woman. Words that sounded kindly, but with a cold, unloving heart. — Georg Ebers

Our deepest sorrows always flow from the same source as might have filled us with joy, and those wounds burn the fiercest which are inflicted by a hand we love. — Georg Ebers

Youth has a right to go astray now and then Feeling themselves oppressed by the benevolence. — Georg Ebers

Christianity had ceased to be the creed of the poor. He spoke with pompous exaggeration. Whether man were the best or the worst of created beings. — Georg Ebers

Happiness is only the threshold to misery. When a friend refuses to share in joys. — Georg Ebers