In those days, when every male who could stand half-way erect was being shipped to Verdun to undergo a radical change of posture from the vertical to the eternal horizontal.

Was in jenen Zeiten, da man alles nur einigermaßen gerade Gewachsene nach Verdun schickte, um es auf Frankreichs Boden in die ewige Waagrechte zu bringen.

Günter Grass

The Tin Drum

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Topic

World War I War

Author

Günter Grass

Source

The Tin Drum

Medium

Novel

Language

German

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Poet Writer

From

Poland Europe

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Citation

Die Blechtrommel [The Tin Drum]. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff. Franz Seitz Filmproduktion/Bioskop Film, 1959.

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If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.

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Topic
Artistic expression Music
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Charlie Parker
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Citation

Parker, Charlie. Quoted in Hear Me Talkin' to Ya. Written by Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff. Rinehart & Company, 1955.

Another quote about War

Laws are silent in time of war.

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Topic
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Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [In Defense of Milo]. c. 52 BC, sect. 11.

Current Citation

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Another quote originally in German

The public seldom forgive twice.

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Public opinion Second chances

Author

Johann Kasper Lavater
Language
German
Time
1773 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Lavater, Johann Caspar. Aphorisms of Man. London: J. Johnson, 1788, no. 606.

Current Citation

Lavater, Johann Caspar. "Annotations to Lavater's Aphorisms on Man." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.