Ivan Chemnitzer

Ivan Ivanovitch Chemnitzer or Khemnitzer (Ива́н Ива́нович Хемни́цер; 1745–1784) was a Russian fabulist of German descent.

Quotes

• За чѣмъ, онъ говоритъ ему:
  Достоинствамъ, уму,
  Богатство свѣтъ предпочитаетъ?—
  „Легко, мой другъ! понять:
  ‎Достоинства не льзя занять,
  ‎А деньги всякой занимаетъ.„
  • And said—"Pray tell me why is wealth preferr'd
    To wisdom?"—"That's a silly question, friend!"
    Replied the other—"have you never heard,
       A man may lend his store
       Of gold or silver ore,
    But wisdom none can borrow, none can lend?"
  • Богач и бедняк ("The Rich and the Poor Man"), translated by Sir John Bowring, Specimens of the Russian Poets (Boston, MA: Cummings and Hilliard, 1822) p. 141

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Ivan Chemnitzer on Wikipedia