Quotes ya just gotta share with the rest of us....

[Lady Sidhe]

Originally posted by wolf
Erlkonig, (1780), Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind?
Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind;
Er hat den Knaben wohl in dem Arm,
Er faßt ihn sicher, er hält ihn warm.

»Mein Sohn, was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht?« -
»Siehst, Vater, du den Erlkönig nicht?
Den Erlenkönig mit Kron und Schweif?« -
»Mein Sohn, es ist ein Nebelstreif.« -

»Du liebes Kind, komm, geh mit mir!
Gar schöne Spiele spiel ich mit dir;
Manch bunte Blumen sind an dem Strand,
Meine Mutter hat manch gülden Gewand.«

»Mein Vater, mein Vater, und hörest du nicht,
Was Erlenkönig mir leise verspricht?« -
»Sie ruhig, bliebe ruhig, mein Kind:
In dürren Blättern säuselt der Wind.« -

»Willst, feiner Knabe, du mit mir gehn?
Meine Töchter sollen dich warten schön;
Meine Töchter führen den nächtlichen Reihn
Und wiegen und tanzen und singen dich ein.«

»Mein Vater, mein Vater, und siehst du nicht dort
Erlkönigs Töchter am düstern Ort?« -
»Mein Sohn, mein Sohn, ich seh es genau:
Es scheinen die altern Weiden so grau.« -

»Ich liebe dich, mich reizt deine schöne Gestalt;
Und bist du nicht willig, so brauch ich Gewalt.«
»Mein Vater, mein Vater, jetzt faßt er mich an!
Erlkönig hat mir ein Leids getan!« -

Dem Vater grausets, er reitet geschwind,
Er hält in Armen das ächzende Kind,
Erreicht den Hof mit Mühe und Not:
In seinen Armen das Kind war tot.

I have that song on tape...got it when I was in music appreciation class in college...we were lucky enough to have an instructor who gave us some good peices of music to listen to. It's still one of my favorites. It's one of those songs that you don't have to know the language of to get the full impact and drama.

Sidhe

[Lady Sidhe]

It's actually a kind of sad song, since the kid dies in the end--or, rather, is stolen by the Elf-King, which was pretty much the same thing...

Sidhe

[Lady Sidhe]

"The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men,
the more widespread is the decline of religious belief."

--Sigmund Freud
The Future of an Illusion (1927)



Sidhe

[Lady Sidhe]

Great quotes by women....


Inside every older person is a younger person -- wondering what the hell happened.
-Cora Harvey Armstrong-


The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.
-Helen Hayes (at 73)-

Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
-Lily Tomlin-


Old age ain't no place for sissies.
-Bette Davis-


A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.
-Rhonda Hansome-


The phrase "working mother" is redundant.
-Jane Sellman-


Every time I close the door on reality it comes in through the windows.
-Jennifer Unlimited-


Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.
-Charlotte Whitton-


Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.
-Caryn Leschen-


I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
-Jennifer Unlimited-


If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.
-Catherine-


I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb ... and I'm also not blonde.
-Dolly Parton-


If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.
-Sue Grafton-


I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.
-Roseanne Barr-


When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.
-Elayne Boosler-


Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
-Maryon Pearson-


In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man- if you want anything done, ask a woman.
-Margaret Thatcher-


I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep the house.
-Zsa Zsa Gabor-


Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.
-Eleanor Roosevelt-



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[wolf]

Originally posted by Lady Sidhe
It's actually a kind of sad song, since the kid dies in the end--or, rather, is stolen by the Elf-King, which was pretty much the same thing...

Sidhe

"In seinen Armen das Kind war tot."

trans: In his arms the child was dead.

The Erl-king steals souls and life essence, leaving the physical body behind.

[russotto]

"If voting could change anything, it would be illegal" -- used by an employee of Diebold, a company making electronic voting machines. And sometimes attributed to Karl Hess, who definitely wrote Goldwater's famous line:

"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue"

[Pi]

I'm positively surprised how much german you understand. Actually I speak german since I'm six and we did "Erlkönig" when I was about 13 years and I didn't understand a word. And it's just now that I rer-read it and the whole splendour of the poem occurs to me.
Thank you cellar!

[Lady Sidhe]

Originally posted by wolf


"In seinen Armen das Kind war tot."

trans: In his arms the child was dead.

The Erl-king steals souls and life essence, leaving the physical body behind.

Right. The way our instructor put it was that the Elf-king stole the child's soul to fairyland, leaving only the body behind (which, without a soul, was of course, dead). I guess it all depends on whether you're the elf or the father...

Sidhe

[Lady Sidhe]

Originally posted by russotto
"If voting could change anything, it would be illegal" -- used by an employee of Diebold, a company making electronic voting machines.

I LIKE that one. How true....I always wondered why we bother to vote, anyway. The Electoral College, though pledged to vote the way the state votes, will vote whichever way they want, regardless of what we say....


Sidhe

[Lady Sidhe]

"Too often, we lose sight of life's simple pleasures.
Remember, when someone annoys you it takes 42
muscles in your face to frown BUT, it only takes 4
muscles to extend your arm and bitch-slap the
motherfucker upside the head..."


Damn, that's a good one....I'll have to remember that...hahahahha!!!


Sidhe

[zippyt]

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level
then beat you with experience.

"I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it."

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands
and at whom it is aimed.
- Stalin

"Fear the revenge of a patient man"

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work
within the system' but too early to shoot the bastards."
-- Claire Wolfe, "101 Things To Do 'Til the Revolution"

"The most effective armor is to keep out of range"
-Italian Proverb

"You've got to dance like nobody's watching, and love like it's
never going to hurt."

Become who you were, before you have been, with
the wisdom and understanding of what you are now!

"It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better
still to be a live lion. And usually easier."

Oliver Wendall Holmes : I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what
direction we are moving.

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. --Ernest Hemmingway

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly...who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat."
- Teddy Roosevelt

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-Benjamin Franklin

[Lady Sidhe]

"I criticize by creation - not by finding fault."

Cicero (106-43 B.C.), Famous Roman politician


"We are not retreating - we are advancing in another
Direction."

General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)


Sidhe

[Lady Sidhe]

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit.
There's no point in being a damn fool about it."

WC Fields (1880 - 1946), Comedian


"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is
trying to please everybody."

Bill Cosby (1937 - ), Comedian, actor



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[dar512]

To be fair, you should give proper attribution where possible. This quote in your post above is from Robert A. Heinlein. I'm fairly sure it's from Time Enough for Love.

"It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier."

[elSicomoro]

"You can't fix stupid."--unknown