Konrad Adenauer famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Positive #Hope #Sky
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Stupid #Men #Views
When the world seems large and complex, we need to remember that great world ideals all begin in some home neighborhood.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Home #Needs #World
A thick skin is a gift from God.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Skins #Thick Skin #Gift From God
What do I care about my chitchat from yesterday?
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Yesterday #Care #I Care
We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. In an instant age, perhaps we must relearn the ancient truth that patience, too, has its victories.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Sky #Victory #Age
I do not ask to be young again; all I want is to go on getting older.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Getting Older #Age #Goes On
The good Lord set definite limits on man's wisdom, but set no limits on his stupidity.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Ignorance #Men #Stupidity
God designed the stomach to eject what is bad for it, but not the human brain.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Brain #Mind #Stomach
Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Butchers #Calves #Stupidest
The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Cases #Satisfied #Conqueror
The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Art #Knowing #Political
An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Method #Oneself #Tigers
History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Government #History #Historical
All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Philosophy #Tired #Medicine
Thoughts and pictures come to my mind, .Â .Â . thoughts from before the year 1914 when there was real peace, quiet and security on this earth-a time when we didn't know fear. .Â .Â . Security and quiet have disappeared from the lives of men since 1914.
-- Konrad Adenauer

#Real #Men #Years

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