The Schiller quote from The Maids of Orleans was used by Isaac Asimov in his 1972 Science Fiction novel “The Gods Themselves” I’ve been using it ever since!
Danny > On Feb 16, 2018, at 4:58 PM, Markus Lutz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear David, > indeed that seems to me a quite good translation. > It's very near to the German words - but I cannot judge, if it is good > English. > Probably it would be better to exchange the order of the words: > Against stupidity Gods themselves fight in vain - or (another try): > Against stupidity even Gods fight in vain > > Best regards > Markus > > Am 16.02.2018 um 22:18 schrieb David Van Edwards: >> Dear Rainer, >> Interestingly Google translate offers the following for your subject line. >> In some ways it's a more subtle concept than the proper translation! >> "Against stupidity Gods fight themselves in vain" >> Best wishes, >> David >> At 19:11 +0100 16/2/18, Rainer wrote: >>> Dear lute netters, >>> >>> A hot candidate for the most idiotic entry in Wikipedia: >>> >>> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Neusidler >>> >>> Almost everything is nonsense. >>> >>> >>> Note: The English entry is much better. >>> >>> Rainer >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > -- > > Markus Lutz > Schulstraße 11 > > 88422 Bad Buchau > > Tel 0 75 82 / 92 62 89 > Fax 0 75 82 / 92 62 90 > Mail [email protected] > >
