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This user speaks several dialects of foreign.

This user is from Germany and mostly working on the Pacific Northwest and especially Evergreen State at the German wikipedia which once in a while leads him over here. He has also taken a few pictures which can be found here. Some of them you can see on this user page. Also, he likes quotes. He hast selected a few from his huge collection that can be applied to Wikipedia the one or the other way.

If you want to talk to him, just leave a note on his discussion page.

Quotes and pics

All things are subject to interpretation, whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance. (Benjamin Franklin)

An empty bag will not stand upright. (Benjamin Franklin)

Half the Truth is often a great Lie. (Benjamin Franklin)

To serve the Publick faithfully, and at the same time please it entirely, is impracticable. (Benjamin Franklin)

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.^[1] (Benjamin Franklin)

Better slip with foot than tongue. (Benjamin Franklin)

No man e'er was glorious, who was not laborious. (Benjamin Franklin)

The only time success ever comes before work is in the dictionary. (Elton John)

You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs. (proverb)

I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man. The result of the deliberations of all collective bodies must necessarily be a compound, as well of the errors and prejudices, as of the good sense and wisdom, of the individuals of whom they are composed. (Alexander Hamilton)

You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length. (Carl Friedrich Gauss, as quoted in Calculus Gems (1992) by George F. Simmons)

"I love being a celebrity where nobody knows my face." -- (Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart Simpson and others on TV show "The Simpsons")

I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one. (Oscar Peterson)

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. (Mark Twain)

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, "Lighthouses" as the poet said "erected in the sea of time." They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print. (Arthur Schopenhauer)

The noblest question in the world is: What Good may I do in it? (Benjamin Franklin)

If you wou'd not be forgotten
As soon as you are dead and rotten,
Either write things worth reading,
Or do things worth the writing. (Benjamin Franklin)

He that sows thorns, should not go barefoot. (Benjamin Franklin)

There will be sleeping enough in the Grave. (Benjamin Franklin)

There's nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Only great passion can elevate the soul to great things. (Dennis Diderot)

If you’re going through hell, keep going! (unknown)

Remember: Once you're over the hill, you pick up speed. (Arthur Schopenhauer)

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. From the Interstate, America is all steel guardrails and plastic signs, and every place looks and feels and sounds and smells like every other place."^[2] (Charles Kuralt, On the Road with Charles Kuralt)

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge. (John Naisbitt)

C´est le temps que tu as perdu pour ta rose qui fait ta rose si importante. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

Notes

In general: As most of the quotes are collected from dubious sources around the internet I'm not sure if all of those are attributed to the right people which is why I appreciate any information in case something is not quoted correctly or falsely attributed.

^ I know, the famous part is the one about “death and taxes” but in Wikipedia I've found the underlined part to be more interesting.
^ You may ask yourself what this has to do with Wikipedia... Well, when I read this the first time I felt reminded of those awful bot-created stubs using US census data. My personal view is to better not have an article if there are no locals around who care about the articles concerning their home, expand “their” articles, fill them with pictures and keep them up to date.