Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Quotes: Sayings (7).

Saying 106 "Might makes right". German. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. The Nazi slogan?


Saying 107 "The devil stands behind the cross." Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. The Cross, the sign of the Church, does not prevent people from the Church from doing evil.


Saying 110 "Has even Hell its rights?" Goethe. German. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Even the Devil has rights.


Saying 112 "God deliver me from a man of one book." Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Or, deliver me from one who has an obsession.


Saying 116 "I give that you may do." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. It would be easy to be cynical about this one, but I will refrain.

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