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August von Platen-Hallermünde
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Karl August Georg Maximilian Graf von Platen-Hallermünde (24 October 1796 – 5 December 1835) was a German poet and dramatist.
Quotes
Nur stets zu sprechen, ohne was zu sagen, Das war von je der Redner größte Gabe.
Always to speak, yet say nothing at all, That has ever been the orator’s greatest gift.
Der Schatz des Rhampsinit, act 2 (Diora loq.); Gesammelte Werke, vol. 3 (Stuttgart/Tübingen: J. G. Cotta'scher, 1843) p. 182 (MDZ)
External links
Lilian Dalbiac (ed.) Dictionary of Quotations: German (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1906) pp. 26, 28, 31, 41, 81, 102, 103, 105, 108, 112, 147, 181, 216, 224, 265, 266, 278, 280, 293, 303, 322, 341, 346, 369, 373
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