Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch:
(Wiedensahl, in present-day Samtgemeinde Niedernwöhren, 15 April 1832 – Mechtshausen, municipality of Seesen, 9 January 1908).
German poet, cartoonist and illustrator. His best-known creations are Max und Moritz (1865) and Die fromme Helene (1872).
Tolerance is good, but not towards the intolerant.
Envy is the sincerest form of recognition.
The hedgehog is the best example of armed peace.
Perseverance will be rewarded sooner or later – but usually later.
The good – this statement is certain – is always the evil that you refrain from doing.
Everyone has stupid thoughts, but the wise man keeps quiet about them.
Other people’s gains are almost felt like one’s own loss.
A misconception which is widespread and which misleads many young people is that love is a thing which always gives much pleasure.
What lives suffers; suffers because it lives, and living is what it wants to do.
That’s how it is with tobacco and with rum: First you’re happy, then you fall over.
Anyone who wants to search for things long past in the present usually exposes themselves to great disappointment.
