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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Weeping and watching for the morrow<br />

He knows ye not, ye heavenly powers.<br />

‘Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre’ (1795-6) bk. 2, ch. 13 (translated by Carlyle)<br />

Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen blühn?<br />

Im dunkeln Laub die Gold-Orangen glühn,<br />

Ein sanfter Wind vom blauen Himmel weht,<br />

Die Myrte still und hoch der Lorbeer steht—<br />

Kennst du es wohl?<br />

Dahin! Dahin!<br />

Möcht ich mit dir, o mein Geliebter, ziehn!<br />

Know you the land where the lemon-trees bloom? In the dark foliage the gold oranges glow; a<br />

s<strong>of</strong>t wind hovers from the sky, the myrtle is still and the laurel stands tall—do you know it well?<br />

<strong>The</strong>re, there, I would go, O my beloved, with thee!<br />

‘Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre’ (1795-6) bk. 3, ch. 1<br />

Im übrigen aber ist es zulezt die grösste Kunst, sich zu beschränken und zu isoliren.<br />

For the rest <strong>of</strong> it, the last and greatest art is to limit and isolate oneself.<br />

Johann Peter Eckermann ‘Gespräche mit Goethe’ (Conversations <strong>of</strong> Goethe with Eckermann, 1836-48), 20<br />

April 1825<br />

Ich kenne mich auch nicht und Gott soll mich auch davor behüten.<br />

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.<br />

Johann Peter Eckermann ‘Gespräche mit Goethe’ (Conversations <strong>of</strong> Goethe with Eckermann, 1836-48), 10<br />

April 1829.<br />

Mehr Licht!<br />

More light!<br />

Attributed dying words. (Actually: ‘Macht doch den zweiten Fensterladen auch auf, damit mehr Licht<br />

hereinkomme’: ‘Open the second shutter, so that more light can come in.’)<br />

Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast.<br />

Without haste, but without rest.<br />

Motto<br />

7.60 Isaac Goldberg 1887-1938<br />

Diplomacy is to do and say<br />

<strong>The</strong> nastiest thing in the nicest way.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Reflex’ October 1927, p. 77<br />

7.61 Emma Goldman 1869-1940<br />

Anarchism, then, really, stands for the liberation <strong>of</strong> the human mind from the dominion <strong>of</strong><br />

religion; the liberation <strong>of</strong> the human body from the dominion <strong>of</strong> property; liberation from the<br />

shackles and restraints <strong>of</strong> government.<br />

‘Anarchism and Other Essays’ (1910) p. 68

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