19th century Quote by John le Carre

“But there is no doubt that to attempt a novel of ideas is to give oneself a handicap: the parochialism of our culture is…

— Doris Lessing

I learnt a lot in Germany, and the German mentality really helped me. It was an enormous step in my life.

— Roberto Firmino

“Even in the early nineteenth century, people like Goethe had little good to say about grumbling, coarsely behaved nationalist romantics of the Arndt or…

— Götz Aly

Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school.

— Miranda Otto

What was even more germane was my study of the history of religion. It was one of the few things in school I was…

— John Irving

It's an academic book, and it's discussed under academic criteria. German historians cultivate so-called objectivity. They persuade themselves that they can switch off the…

— Gotz Aly

I feel privileged to have grown up in Germany so it was a heavy blow for me to be portrayed as somebody who isn't…

— Ilkay Gundogan

After attending the gymnasium between my eighth and seventeenth years, I studied classical philology at Berlin University for two years under Boeckh and Lachmann,…

— Paul Heyse

So far no one had had enough courage and intelligence to reveal me to my dear Germans. My problems are new, my psychological horizon…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“He even got caught up in German, because at that time, O Best Beloved, they learned German at secondary schools in the big cities…

— Michèle Audin

I've written a little bit in Germany.

— Paul Beatty

My father read Günter Grass. He introduced me to German literature. I believe the first book I read by a German author was from…

— Emmanuel Macron