Ludwig Borne
Ludwig Borne
Karl Ludwig Börnewas a German-Jewish political writer and satirist, who is considered part of the Young Germany movement...
fear glad movement
Let us have no care, but be glad of the approaching springtime of the peoples. Let us have no fear of the movement into the open.
delusion wiser
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
lasting perpetual
Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.
would-be rust literature
Nothing endures except change; nothing is constant except death. Every heartbeat wounds us, and life would be an eternal bleeding to death, were it not for literature. It grants us what nature does not: a golden time that doesn't rust, a springtime that never wilts, cloudless happiness and eternal youth. [my translation]