Matthias Claudius

thumb| Matthias Claudius (15 August 1740 – 21 January 1815) was a German poet and journalist, otherwise known by the pen name of Asmus. Quotes Wenn jemand eine Reise thut,    So kann er was verzählen. When anyone a journey takes,    He has some yarns to spin. "Urians Reise um die Welt" — King (1904), p. 364, no. 2859 Traveller's tales. Cf. Tacitus, Annales 2, 24: Ut quis ex longinquo revenerat, miracula narrabant.—"Like all who come back from distant parts, they had wonderful things to tell." Ach die Natur schuf mich im Grimme, Sie gab mir nichts — als eine schöne Stimme! My portrait in a rage did nature draw, And gave me only a sweet voice —"he-haw!" "Des Esels Trost" ("Der Esel") — Baskerville (1854), p. 80 Aus nichts wird nichts, das merke wohl, Wenn aus dir etwas werden soll. From nothing nothing comes, take that To heart, if thou would'st something be. "Ein Silbern A.B.C." — Dalbiac (1906), p. 24 Greif' nicht leicht in ein Wespennest, Doch wenn du greifst, so stehe fest. Attack not thoughtlessly a wasp’s nest, but if you do, stand fast. "Ein Silbern A.B.C." — Wood (1893), p. 136 Der Winter ist ein rechter Mann, Kernfest und auf die Dauer. Old Winter is the man for me,—    Stout-hearted, sound, and steady. "Ein Lied hinterm Ofen zu singen" — Brooks (1842), p. 235 ''Am Rhein, am Rhein, da wachsen unsre Reben;    Gesegnet sey der Rhein! Da wachsen sie am Ufer hin, und geben    Uns diesen Labewein. The Rhine—the Rhine—there grow the gay plantations!    O hallowed be the Rhine! Upon his banks are brewed the rich potations    Of this consoling wine. "Rheinweinlied", str. 8 — Macray (1827), p. 126 See also Jane Montgomery Campbell Creatio ex materia Creatio ex nihilo External links John Macray, Stray Leaves, including Translations from the Lyric Poets of Germany, with Brief Notices of their Works (London: Treuttel and Würtz, 1827), p. 126 Charles T. Brooks, Songs and Ballads; translated from Uhland, Körner, Bürger, and other German Lyric Poets (Boston, MA: James Munroe & Co.; London: John Green, 1842), p. 235 Alfred Baskerville, The Poetry of Germany (Leipzig: G. Mayer; London: Williams & Norgate; New York: Garrigue & Christern, 1854), p. 80 James Wood (ed.) Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources (London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1893), pp. 14, 18, 58, 67, 136, 139, 202, 298, 300, 306, 311, 381, 491, 501, 569 W. F. H. King (ed.) Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), p. 364, no. 2859 Lilian Dalbiac (ed.) Dictionary of Quotations: German (1906), pp. 7, 24, 32, 59, 87, 107, 136, 170, 180, 184, 222, 329, 352, 384, 385 Das Grosse Krüger Zitaten Buch: 15000 Zitate von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (Frankfurt am Main: W. Krüger, 1977), p. 78 Category:1740 births Category:1815 deaths Category:Poets from Germany Category:Journalists from Germany Category:Lutherans Category:University of Jena alumni