Friedrich von Logau citáty
6 72Friedrich von Logau
Datum narození: 1605
Datum úmrtí: 24. červenec 1655
Friedrich von Logau byl německý básník.
Citáty Friedrich von Logau
„Sinngedichte II, 4, 90, Vers 7f.“
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Varianta: Sinngedichte III, 3, 81.
„Joy and Temperance and Repose
Slam the door on the doctor's nose.“
The best Medicine. (Sinngedichte, I, 4, 41, published c. 1654, translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).
„Der gelbe Kern der Erde, das Gold, hat alle Macht,
Daß alles sonst für ihme wie Schalen wird geacht.“
Deutsche Sinn-Getichte (1654) III, 5, 11.
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„Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all.“
Retribution. (Sinngedichte III, 2, 24, published c. 1654, translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). Compare: "God's mill grinds slow, but sure", George Herbert. Jacula Prudentum. Sextus Empiricus is the first writer who has presented the whole of the adage cited by Plutarch in his treatise "Concerning such whom God is slow to punish".
