Donnerstag, 17. September 2009

02.12.2016 - S. Agnon and Banquet Sp. 1966 etc...


dali48 and writing books and photographing "flora and fauna" etc...
 

17.09.2009 - Interpretation of dali48

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace... (daily Buddha)

Job said long ago (135,11): "Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?" - Some of what I have learned from them I have written in my books, but I fear that I have not learned as much as I should have - for when I hear a dog bark, or a bird twitter, or a cock crow, I do not know whether they are thanking me for all I have told of them - or calling me to account... (S. Agnon, Banquet Sp. 1966)

I do not believe - in the end of man... (W. Faulkner)

If ever 1 of the neighbors said to her, "You have such rich relations, why don't you let them know that you exist?" - she would reply with a smile, "Do you know what the best thing about rich relations is? - That you don't have to support them!" ... (from A Simple Story, S. Agnon, PAC)

When the Nazis closed the Schocken publishing house - the company moved to Tel Aviv, and opened later a branch in NYC, which brought Agnon's work to new readers... - Agnon died of a heart attack on February 17, 1970 - He was buried on the Mount of Olives... (PAC)


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