Strength, strength alone, is honorable, the German nation clamors in its majesty. But since it is hard to muster strength so suddenly, they have to make do with boorishness.

Trousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.

As youth lives in the future, so the adult lives in the past: No one rightly knows how to live in the present.

German diligence is actually endurance.

Compilers resemble gluttonous eaters who devour excessive quantities of healthy food just to excrete them as refuse.

North and West have always vied for power and territory, but their recent competition as to which one is more insidious of the twohas been more peaceful.

It's actually the spirit helping the spirit; it is the doctor, the bed, the potion.