Klaus Prinz
@klausprinz.bsky.social
Retired software engineer
German by birth, European by conviction
Loves books on the history and literature of Europe and the USA
German by birth, European by conviction
Loves books on the history and literature of Europe and the USA
The orange-skinned Petruchio declares the sun to be the moon and gets away with it.
Shakespeare's world is still alive.
Shakespeare's world is still alive.
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The orange-skinned Petruchio declares the sun to be the moon and gets away with it.
Shakespeare's world is still alive.
Shakespeare's world is still alive.
All things surface one day. Regardless of how deep the vaults and caves may be.
One day.
One day.
December 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
All things surface one day. Regardless of how deep the vaults and caves may be.
One day.
One day.
"Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb, like the sun; it shines everywhere."
William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night Or What You Will
William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night Or What You Will
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb, like the sun; it shines everywhere."
William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night Or What You Will
William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night Or What You Will
"If it [Latin] is really a dead language, it must be baking freely in purgarory for its sins in the way of murder of youths."
Ralph Pulitzer, son of Joseph Pulitzer
Found in: James McGrath Morris: Pulitzer
Ralph Pulitzer, son of Joseph Pulitzer
Found in: James McGrath Morris: Pulitzer
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
"If it [Latin] is really a dead language, it must be baking freely in purgarory for its sins in the way of murder of youths."
Ralph Pulitzer, son of Joseph Pulitzer
Found in: James McGrath Morris: Pulitzer
Ralph Pulitzer, son of Joseph Pulitzer
Found in: James McGrath Morris: Pulitzer
Zitat: "Man kann hier deutsch, aber auch argentinisch sein. Jude, aber auch argentinisch."
Jude und argentinisch - ein skandalöser Vegleich, nicht wahr? Für die Verkettung von "Deutscher und Jude" kassiert man massive Schelte.
Daniel Barenboim zum nachhören:
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
Jude und argentinisch - ein skandalöser Vegleich, nicht wahr? Für die Verkettung von "Deutscher und Jude" kassiert man massive Schelte.
Daniel Barenboim zum nachhören:
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
Martha Argerich und Daniel Barenboim in Buenos Aires - Sternstunden der Musik - Dokufilm - Programm in voller Länge | ARTE Concert
2014 kam es im Teatro Colón zu einem denkwürdigen Konzert: Martha Argerich und Daniel Barenboim als Piano Duo, an zwei Klavieren. Gemeinsam hatten die beiden Superstars beinahe überall auf der Welt sc...
www.arte.tv
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Zitat: "Man kann hier deutsch, aber auch argentinisch sein. Jude, aber auch argentinisch."
Jude und argentinisch - ein skandalöser Vegleich, nicht wahr? Für die Verkettung von "Deutscher und Jude" kassiert man massive Schelte.
Daniel Barenboim zum nachhören:
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
Jude und argentinisch - ein skandalöser Vegleich, nicht wahr? Für die Verkettung von "Deutscher und Jude" kassiert man massive Schelte.
Daniel Barenboim zum nachhören:
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
"Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak."
Rosalind in "As You Like It", III.2
Rosalind in "As You Like It", III.2
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak."
Rosalind in "As You Like It", III.2
Rosalind in "As You Like It", III.2
"Do you think I would marry any one who would marry me?"
Henry James: The Princess Casamassima
Henry James: The Princess Casamassima
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Do you think I would marry any one who would marry me?"
Henry James: The Princess Casamassima
Henry James: The Princess Casamassima
"... to see a place for the first time at night is like reading a foreign author in a translation."
Henry James, The Bistonians
This sentence is true in both directions.
Henry James, The Bistonians
This sentence is true in both directions.
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"... to see a place for the first time at night is like reading a foreign author in a translation."
Henry James, The Bistonians
This sentence is true in both directions.
Henry James, The Bistonians
This sentence is true in both directions.
"Basil Ransom wondered who they all were; he had a general idea they were mediums, communists, vegetarians."
Henry James: The Bistonians, 1886
Henry James: The Bistonians, 1886
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Basil Ransom wondered who they all were; he had a general idea they were mediums, communists, vegetarians."
Henry James: The Bistonians, 1886
Henry James: The Bistonians, 1886
Goethes Faust begeistert eine Menge treuer Leserinnen und Leser. Etwas weniger im Fokus steht die gleichnamige Oper von Charles Gounod. Eine rundum gelungene Inszenierung fand im September 2025 in Lille statt: tolle Stimmen und eine herausragende Regie. Chapeau!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KuN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KuN...
FAUST Gounod – Opéra de Lille
YouTube video by OperaVision
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October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Goethes Faust begeistert eine Menge treuer Leserinnen und Leser. Etwas weniger im Fokus steht die gleichnamige Oper von Charles Gounod. Eine rundum gelungene Inszenierung fand im September 2025 in Lille statt: tolle Stimmen und eine herausragende Regie. Chapeau!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KuN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KuN...
Gestern Abend beendete ich die Lektüre meiner laut Buchliste 377. Biografie: Henry James. Das Ende der Protagonisten ist meist sehr ähnlich: respice finem zum Anfassen. Man gewöhnt sich nicht daran, aber ich mache weiter. Viele weitere Biografien harren meiner...
October 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Gestern Abend beendete ich die Lektüre meiner laut Buchliste 377. Biografie: Henry James. Das Ende der Protagonisten ist meist sehr ähnlich: respice finem zum Anfassen. Man gewöhnt sich nicht daran, aber ich mache weiter. Viele weitere Biografien harren meiner...
If one has separate bookcases for american and english literature it may be difficult to find the right place for Henry James' books.
October 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
If one has separate bookcases for american and english literature it may be difficult to find the right place for Henry James' books.
"Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.
September 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.
"A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, judge at SCOTUS
Stephen Budiansky, Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes, judge at SCOTUS
Stephen Budiansky, Oliver Wendell Holmes
September 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, judge at SCOTUS
Stephen Budiansky, Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes, judge at SCOTUS
Stephen Budiansky, Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Our government may at some time be in the hands of a bad man. When in the hands of a good man it is well enough... We ought to have our government so shaped that even in the hands of a bad man we shall be save."
Frederick Douglass, 1867, with Andrew Johnson in mind
Frederick Douglass, 1867, with Andrew Johnson in mind
September 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"Our government may at some time be in the hands of a bad man. When in the hands of a good man it is well enough... We ought to have our government so shaped that even in the hands of a bad man we shall be save."
Frederick Douglass, 1867, with Andrew Johnson in mind
Frederick Douglass, 1867, with Andrew Johnson in mind
"Genius is the result of thinking 'till - 'till - 'till Genius 'till you turn a corner and find yourself in another world. Genius is above reasoning."
Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce
July 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"Genius is the result of thinking 'till - 'till - 'till Genius 'till you turn a corner and find yourself in another world. Genius is above reasoning."
Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce
"The principles supported by Mr. [Charles Sanders] Peirce bear a close affinity with those of Hegel; perhaps are what Hegel's might have been had he been educated in a physical laboratory instead of in a theological seminary ..."
Publisher's Weekly, 1894
Publisher's Weekly, 1894
July 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"The principles supported by Mr. [Charles Sanders] Peirce bear a close affinity with those of Hegel; perhaps are what Hegel's might have been had he been educated in a physical laboratory instead of in a theological seminary ..."
Publisher's Weekly, 1894
Publisher's Weekly, 1894
"[Charles Sanders Peirce] was one of the most original minds of the later nineteenth century and certainly the greatest American thinker ever".
Bertrand Russell, 1959
Bertrand Russell, 1959
July 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"[Charles Sanders Peirce] was one of the most original minds of the later nineteenth century and certainly the greatest American thinker ever".
Bertrand Russell, 1959
Bertrand Russell, 1959
"In philosophy he was one of the most original thinkers and system builders of any time, and certainly the greatest philosopher the United States has ever seen."
Joseph Brent:
Charles Sanders Peirce. A Life
Joseph Brent:
Charles Sanders Peirce. A Life
July 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"In philosophy he was one of the most original thinkers and system builders of any time, and certainly the greatest philosopher the United States has ever seen."
Joseph Brent:
Charles Sanders Peirce. A Life
Joseph Brent:
Charles Sanders Peirce. A Life
"Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit."
Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
July 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit."
Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
"The English mind was one-sided, eccentric, systematically unsystematic and logically illogical. The less one knew of it the better."
Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
July 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"The English mind was one-sided, eccentric, systematically unsystematic and logically illogical. The less one knew of it the better."
Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
"All state education is a sort of dynamo machine for polarising the popular mind; for turning and holding its lines of force in the direction supposed to be most effective for state-purposes. The German machine was terribly efficient."
Henry Adams 1904 in
The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams 1904 in
The Education of Henry Adams
July 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"All state education is a sort of dynamo machine for polarising the popular mind; for turning and holding its lines of force in the direction supposed to be most effective for state-purposes. The German machine was terribly efficient."
Henry Adams 1904 in
The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams 1904 in
The Education of Henry Adams
"The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught."
Henry Adams in
The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams in
The Education of Henry Adams
July 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught."
Henry Adams in
The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams in
The Education of Henry Adams
"Dictes moy, [...] mais où sont les neiges d’antan?"
François Villon
François Villon
July 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"Dictes moy, [...] mais où sont les neiges d’antan?"
François Villon
François Villon
"[...] old people, who alone, as a class, have the time to be young."
Henry Adams (1838-1918): Mont Saint Michel and Chartres
Henry Adams (1838-1918): Mont Saint Michel and Chartres
July 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
"[...] old people, who alone, as a class, have the time to be young."
Henry Adams (1838-1918): Mont Saint Michel and Chartres
Henry Adams (1838-1918): Mont Saint Michel and Chartres