"The moment Germany rises as a great..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.
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“Democracy represents the disbelief in all great men and in all elite societies: everybody is everybody's equal.”
“The inability to lie is far from the love of truth.”
“People buy their necessities in shops and have to pay dearly for them because they have to assist in paying for what is also on sale there but only rarely finds purchasers: the luxury and amusement goods. So it is that luxury continually imposes a tax on the simple people who have to do without it.”
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“I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, 'Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much comedy in Germany?' And I said, 'Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?'”
“Hitlers come and go, but Germany and the German people remain.”
“America cultivates best what Germany brought forth.”
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“France has never gotten over the fact that it was once a great power and is now just a great nuisance.”
“While learning the language in France a young man's morals, health and fortune are more irresistibly endangered than in any country of the universe.”
“Everything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No one makes things complicated by becoming your friend for any obscure reason. If you want people to like you you have only to spend a little money. I spent a little money and the waiter liked me. He appreciated my valuable qualities. He would be glad to see me, and would want me at his table. It would be a sincere liking because it would have a sound basis. I was back in France.”