Quotes About Teutons

A drama will be enacted in Germany compared with which the French Revolution will seem like a harmless idyll,' wrote Heine in a moment of foreboding. 'Christianity may have restrained the martial ardour of the Teutons for a time, but it did not destroy it; now that the restraining talisman, the cross, has rotted away, the old frenzied madness will break out again.'[459]

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.