Adelbert von Chamisso
Adelbert von Chamisso (30 January 1781 – 21 August 1838) was a German poet, writer and botanist. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso (or Chamissot) de Boncourt, a name referring to the family estate at Boncourt.
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Quotes
[edit]- Das Glück ist die Liebe, die Lieb’ ist das Glück,
Ich hab’ es gesagt und nehm’s nicht zurück.- Happiness is love, love is happiness;
I have said it and will not take it back. - „Frauen-Liebe und Leben“, sect. 7. Gedichte, 3rd ed. (Stuttgart: Hausmann, 1835) p. 16
- Happiness is love, love is happiness;
- Ich singe gerne, trinke gerne,
Und liebe wohl, geliebt zu seyn.- I love to sing, I love to drink,
And I love, indeed, to be loved. - „Herein!“. Gedichte, 3rd ed. (1835) p. 208
- I love to sing, I love to drink,
External links
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Encyclopedic article on Adelbert von Chamisso on Wikipedia- Lilian Dalbiac (ed.) Dictionary of Quotations: German (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1906) pp. 5, 48, 63, 69, 104, 126, 194, 205, 212, 261, 264, 292, 293, 325, 362
