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01Undated

940Home is not where you live but where they understand you.

Christian Morgenstern / quote

02Undated

Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word on earth.

Christian Morgenstern / quote

03Undated

Humour is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite.

Christian Morgenstern / quote

04Undated

Home is not where you live but where they understand you.

Christian Morgenstern / quote

05Undated

There is a ghost That eats handkerchiefs It keeps you company On all your travels.

Christian Morgenstern / quote

06Undated

Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general.

Christian Morgenstern / quote

07Undated

To me the term 'middle-class' connotes a safe comfortable middle-of-the road policy. Above all our language is 'middle-class' in the middle of our road. To drive it to one side or the other or even off the road is the noblest task of the future.

Christian Morgenstern / quote