Quote:
Originally Posted by Methariel
Saminga
"Lovely he looks with his extinguished torch; but, dear gentlemen, Death is not aesthetical."
-- J. C. Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)
(And yes, I had to translate two translated dicta, so I hope I didn't distort them too much. And I'm also aware that dicta nos. 1 and 3 are far too sophisticated for Saminga... And maybe no. 2, too. ;) )
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I don't think #3 is too sophisticated--I think it's someone else describing him very well. Though I'm curious about the translation--"aesthetical" is an uncommon word in English, and the symmetry of the quote suggests something closer to "beautiful". What's the original word in German? Which work of his? I can't read German but I can access Project Gutenberg as well as anyone.