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If you want to catch mice you must waste bacon Man works with all his might for no one but himself Nothing permanent but change Nothing so certain as that nothing is certain Priests that they should instruct the people to be obedient
THE SISTERS, by Georg Ebers, v4 5464
Created the world out of nothing for no other purpose Dreamless sleep after a day brimful of enjoyment Man must subjugate matter and not become subject to it No one believes anything that can diminish his self-esteem Praise out of all proportion to our merit Save them the trouble of thinking for themselves She no longer thought these things--she was possessed by them Taken it upon herself to be always strong, and self-reliant The most terrible of all the gods, are women The sun seems to move too slowly to those who long and wait We seek for truth; the Jews believe they possess it entirely Who always think at second-hand Why so vehement, sister? So much zeal is quite unnecessary
THE SISTERS, by Georg Ebers, v5 5465
A debtor, says the proverb, is half a prisoner Old women grow like men, and old men grow like women They get ahead of us, and yet--I would not change with them
THE SISTERS, by Ebers, Complete 5466
JOSHUA, by Georg Ebers, v1 5467
Hate, though never sated, can yet be gratified Omnipotent God, who had preferred his race above all others When hate and revenge speak, gratitude shrinks timidly Who can prop another's house when his own is falling
JOSHUA, by Georg Ebers, v2 5468
Brief "eternity" of national covenants Choose between too great or too small a recompense Regard the utterances and mandates of age as wisdom There is no 'never,' no surely Voice of the senses, which drew them together, will soon be mute
JOSHUA, by Georg Ebers, v3 5469
A school where people learned modesty But what do you men care for the suffering you inflict on others Childhood already lies behind me, and youth will soon follow Good advice is more frequently unheeded than followed Precepts and lessons which only a mother can give Should I be a man, if I forgot vengeance? To the mines meant to be doomed to a slow, torturing death What had formerly afforded me pleasure now seemed shallow
JOSHUA, by Georg Ebers, v4 5470
I do not like to enquire about our fate beyond the grave Then hate came; but it did not last long
JOSHUA, by Georg Ebers, v5 5471
Asenath, the wife of Joseph, had been an Egyptian Most ready to be angry with those to whom we have been unjust Pleasant sensation of being a woman, like any other woman Woman's disapproving words were blown away by the wind
JOSHUA, by Ebers, Complete 5472
A school where people learned modesty Asenath, the wife of Joseph, had been an Egyptian Brief "eternity" of national covenants But what do you men care for the suffering you inflict on others Childhood already lies behind me, and youth will soon follow Choose between too great or too small a recompense Good advice is more frequently unheeded than followed Hate, though never sated, can yet be gratified I do not like to enquire about our fate beyond the grave Most ready to be angry with those to whom we have been unjust Omnipotent God, who had preferred his race above all others Pleasant sensation of being a woman, like any other woman Precepts and lessons which only a mother can give Regard the utterances and mandates of age as wisdom Should I be a man, if I forgot vengeance? Then hate came; but it did not last long There is no 'never,' no surely To the mines meant to be doomed to a slow, torturing death Voice of the senses, which drew them together, will soon be mute What had formerly afforded me pleasure now seemed shallow When hate and revenge speak, gratitude shrinks timidly Who can prop another's house when his own is falling Woman's disapproving words were blown away by the wind
CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v1 5473
Contempt had become too deep for hate Jealousy has a thousand eyes Zeus does not hear the vows of lovers
CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v2 5474
Shadow of the candlestick caught her eye before the light Soul which ceases to regard death as a misfortune finds peace
CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v3 5475
From Epicurus to Aristippus, is but a short step Preferred a winding path to a straight one
CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v4 5476
Aspect obnoxious to the gaze will pour water on the fire Everything that exists moves onward to destruction and decay Trouble does not enhance beauty
CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v5 5477
Without heeding the opinion of mortals
CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v6 5478
See facts as they are and treat them like figures in a sum
CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v7 5479
Epicurus, who believed that with death all things ended No, she was not created to grow old Nothing in life is either great or small Priests: in order to curb the unruly conduct of the populace She would not purchase a few more years of valueless life To govern the world one must have less need of sleep What changes so quickly as joy and sorrow
CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v8 5480
Fairest dreams of childhood were surpassed Golden chariot drawn by tamed lions Life had fulfilled its pledges Until neither knew which was the giver and which the receiver
CLEOPATRA, by Georg Ebers, v9 5481
Pain is the inseparable companion of love
CLEOPATRA, by Ebers, Complete 5482
Aspect obnoxious to the gaze will pour water on the fire Contempt had become too deep for hate Epicurus, who believed that with death all things ended Everything that exists moves onward to destruction and decay Fairest dreams of childhood were surpassed From Epicurus to Aristippus, is but a short step Golden chariot drawn by tamed lions Jealousy has a thousand eyes Life had fulfilled its pledges No, she was not created to grow old Nothing in life is either great or small Pain is the inseparable companion of love Preferred a winding path to a straight one Priests: in order to curb the unruly conduct of the populace See facts as they are and treat them like figures in a sum Shadow of the candlestick caught her eye before the light She would not purchase a few more years of valueless life Soul which ceases to regard death as a misfortune finds peace To govern the world one must have less need of sleep Trouble does not enhance beauty Until neither knew which was the giver and which the receiver What changes so quickly as joy and sorrow Without heeding the opinion of mortals Zeus does not hear the vows of lovers
THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v1 5483
Facts are differently reflected in different minds Have not yet learned not to be astonished Ill-judgment to pronounce a thing impossible Years are the foe of beauty
THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v2 5484
A well-to-do man always gets a higher price than a poor one I must either rest or begin upon something new
THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v3 5485
Have lived to feel such profound contempt for the world In order to find himself for once in good company-- Never speaks a word too much or too little They keep an account in their heart and not in their head
THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v4 5486
Enjoy the present day Idleness had long since grown to be the occupation of his life It was such a comfort once more to obey an order Philosophers who wrote of the vanity of writers
THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v5 5487
Avoid all useless anxiety To know half is less endurable than to know nothing Who do all they are able and enjoy as much as they can get
THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v6 5488
Happiness is only the threshold to misery When a friend refuses to share in joys
THE EMPEROR, by Georg Ebers, v7 5489
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