Quote by Mark Twain

There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry.

There are German songs which can make a stranger to the lang

Summary

This quote suggests that certain German songs have the power to evoke strong emotions in someone who is unfamiliar with the language. It implies that the beauty, depth, or emotional resonance of these songs transcend language barriers, touching the listener's soul and bringing them to tears. It emphasizes the ability of music to convey powerful emotions and connect people across different cultures and linguistic backgrounds.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, prema

To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman.

Spiritual and religious traditions, when shaped by the femin

Spiritual and religious traditions, when shaped by the feminine principle, affirm the cyclical phrases of our lives and the wisdom each phase brings, the sacredness of our bodies and the body of the Earth

Wisdom Life Traditions

I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly run

I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure.

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

John Churton Collins

Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality o

Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it.

Gary Vaynerchuk

But somewhere, beyond Space and Time, is wetter water, slimi

But somewhere, beyond Space and Time, is wetter water, slimier slime! And there (they trust) there swimmeth one who swam ere rivers were begun, immense of fishy form and mind, squamous omnipotent, and kind.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born wit

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

She loved him, more than she could ever find words for, but

She loved him, more than she could ever find words for, but this love he felt for her was not quite the same. It wasn't so much stronger, as more demanding, more insistent. As though he feared he would lose that which he had finally won.

Fear Love Romance Ayla Demanding Insistent Jondalar

Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good tim

Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.

Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speak

Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; t

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with natu

It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.