9 Quotes by Georg Ebers

Christian hypocrites who pretend to hate life and love death. He may talk about the soul-what he is after is the girl Love means suffering-those who love drag a chain with them. To her it was not a belief but a certainty Trifling incident gains importance when undue emphasis is laid.

Friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word to one another.

Pretended to see nothing in the old woman’s taunts. Very hard to imagine nothingness.

People who have nothing to do always lack time. Perish all those who do not think as we do. Reason is a feeble weapon in contending with a woman. Words that sounded kindly, but with a cold, unloving heart.

Christianity had ceased to be the creed of the poor. He spoke with pompous exaggeration. Whether man were the best or the worst of created beings.

True love does not paralyze, but doubles the high qualities of man.

Youth has a right to go astray now and then Feeling themselves oppressed by the benevolence.

Happiness is only the threshold to misery. When a friend refuses to share in joys.

Great happiness, and mingled therefor with bitter sorrow. It is not by enthusiasm but by tactics that we defeat a foe.