August von Platen-Hallermünde
Karl August Georg Maximilian Graf von Platen-Hallermünde (24 October 1796 – 5 December 1835) was a German poet and dramatist.
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Quotes
[edit]- Nur stets zu sprechen, ohne was zu sagen,
Das war von je der Redner größte Gabe.- Always to speak, yet say nothing at all,
That has ever been the orator’s greatest gift. - Der Schatz des Rhampsinit, act 2 (Diora loq.); Gesammelte Werke, vol. 3 (Stuttgart/Tübingen: J. G. Cotta'scher, 1843) p. 182 (MDZ)
- Always to speak, yet say nothing at all,
External links
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Encyclopedic article on August von Platen-Hallermünde on Wikipedia- Lilian Dalbiac (ed.) Dictionary of Quotations: German (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1906) pp. 26, 28, 31, 41, 81, 102, 103, 105, 108, 112, 147, 181, 216, 224, 265, 266, 278, 280, 293, 303, 322, 341, 346, 369, 373
