Germans...we do not know how to live: but we know how to die...yes, and fabulously!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Germans are portrayed as knowing how to die gloriously but not live.
- In plain terms
- Germans know how to die, not live.
- What can you take from it?
- Prioritize living over dying.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is a good life?
- Why value death over life?
Another view
It glorifies death while dismissing life.
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