Alltäglich / Commonplace Als / Than Außergewöhnlich / Exceptional Mehr / More Selten / Rare Tat / Deed Tausend / Thousand Weit / Far Wert / Worth
Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.
Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them.
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.
I'd rather have ten people who are mad for it than ten thousand who aren't.
I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
