Ooops - I am getting old.
Must be
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
Sorry Friedrich :)
Rainer
On 17.02.2018 09:53, Rainer wrote:
On 17.02.2018 00:53, Daniel Shoskes wrote:
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!
It is surprising how many quotations from Schiller's plays are still used.
Of course, most people don't know they are by Schiller and - heaven forbid -
they don't know a single play.
I guess he is not very well known in English speaking countries...
Rainer
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
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